Paramonacanthus

Paramonacanthus is a genus of filefishes native to the Indian and Pacific Oceans.

Paramonacanthus
Paramonacanthus japonicus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Actinopterygii
Order:
Tetraodontiformes
Family:
Monacanthidae
Genus:
Paramonacanthus

Bleeker, 1865

Species

There are currently 11 recognized species in this genus:[1]

  • Paramonacanthus arabicus Hutchins, 1997
  • Paramonacanthus choirocephalus (Bleeker, 1852)
  • Paramonacanthus cryptodon (Bleeker, 1855)
  • Paramonacanthus curtorhynchos (Bleeker, 1855)
  • Paramonacanthus filicauda (Günther, 1880)
  • Paramonacanthus frenatus (Peters, 1855)
  • Paramonacanthus japonicus (Tilesius, 1809)
  • Paramonacanthus lowei Hutchins, 1997
  • Paramonacanthus matsuurai Hutchins, 1997
  • Paramonacanthus nematophorus (Günther, 1870)
  • Paramonacanthus nipponensis (Kamohara, 1939)
  • Paramonacanthus oblongus (Temminck & Schlegel, 1850)
  • Paramonacanthus otisensis Whitley, 1931
  • Paramonacanthus pusillus (Rüppell, 1829)
  • Paramonacanthus sulcatus (Hollard, 1854)
  • Paramonacanthus tricuspis (Hollard, 1854)
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References
  1. 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.


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