Cantherhines
Appearance
Cantherhines | |
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Cantherhines macrocerus | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Tetraodontiformes |
Family: | Monacanthidae |
Genus: | Cantherhines Swainson, 1839 |
Cantherhines is a genus of filefishes.
Species
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There are currently 12 recognized species in this genus:[1]
- Cantherhines cerinus J. E. Randall, 2011
- Cantherhines dumerilii Hollard, 1854 (whitespotted filefish)
- Cantherhines fronticinctus Günther, 1867 (spectacled filefish)
- Cantherhines longicaudus Hutchins & J. E. Randall, 1982
- Cantherhines macrocerus Hollard, 1853 (American whitespotted filefish)
- Cantherhines multilineatus S. Tanaka (I), 1918
- Cantherhines nukuhiva J. E. Randall, 2011
- Cantherhines pardalis Rüppell, 1837 (honeycomb filefish)
- Cantherhines pullus Ranzani, 1842 (orange-spotted filefish)
- Cantherhines rapanui F. de Buen, 1963 (Rapanui filefish)
- Cantherhines sandwichiensis Quoy & Gaimard, 1824 (Sandwich Isle file)
- Cantherhines verecundus E. K. Jordan, 1925 (shy filefish)
References
[edit]- ^ Matsuura, K. (2014). "Taxonomy and systematics of tetraodontiform fishes: a review focusing primarily on progress in the period from 1980 to 2014". Ichthyological Research, 62 (1): 72-113.