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Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Tetraodontiformes
Family: Monacanthidae Filefishes

Genus: Oxymonacanthus

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2 species (see list below)

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Photo by Field, R.

Western Indian Ocean
Max. Length 7 cm TL
Oxymonacanthus halli Marshall, 1952

Photo by Field, R.
 
Oxymonacanthus halli
[Red Sea longnose filefish]

Photo by Randall, J.E.

Indo-Pacific
Max. Length 12 cm TL
Oxymonacanthus longirostris (Bloch & Schneider, 1801)

Photo by Randall, J.E.
 
Oxymonacanthus longirostris
[Harlequin filefish]
2 Species of Family Monacanthidae with Genus Oxymonacanthus
(Filefishes)
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Year Scientific Name English Name Distribution Max. Length (cm)
1952 Oxymonacanthus halli Red Sea longnose filefish Western Indian Ocean 7 TL
1801 Oxymonacanthus longirostris Harlequin filefish Indo-Pacific 12 TL



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