| Family: |
Monacanthidae (Filefishes) |
| Max. size: |
11.3 cm SL (male/unsexed) |
| Environment: |
demersal; marine; depth range 39 - 90 m |
| Distribution: |
Indo-West Pacific: Bay of Bengal to the Indo-Malayan region and Palau, New Caledonia and Fiji; south to Australia. |
| Diagnosis: |
Dorsal spines (total): 2-2; Dorsal soft rays (total): 33-36; Anal soft rays: 30-32. Description: Characterized by pale grey to brownish body color, often with darker brown back and diffuse, broad, midlateral brown stripe, may assume strongly mottled pattern; usually with dark brown oblong blotch on middle of upper back below anterior portion of second dorsal fin; first dorsal spine origin above posterior half of eye; second dorsal and anal fins elevated anteriorly; straight to convex dorsal profile of snout in male, slightly convex to concave in female and juvenile, absence of hump on both sexes; rounded to double emarginate caudal fin, upper lobe filamentous in male; depth of body at origin of anal fin 1.9-3.1 in SL, becoming elongate as growth increases; male more elongate than female (Ref. 90102). |
| Biology: |
Found on protected areas, on open, silty sand bottoms (54980). |
| IUCN Red List Status: |
Not Evaluated (N.E.) Ref. (130435)
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| Threat to humans: |
harmless |
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