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Monacanthidae Nardo, 1843

125610  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:125610)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Chordata (Phylum)
  4. Vertebrata (Subphylum)
  5. Gnathostomata (Infraphylum)
  6. Osteichthyes (Parvphylum)
  7. Actinopterygii (Gigaclass)
  8. Actinopteri (Superclass)
  9. Teleostei (Class)
  10. Tetraodontiformes (Order)
  11. Monacanthidae (Family)
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  1. Genus Acanthaluteres Bleeker, 1865
  2. Genus Acreichthys Fraser-Brunner, 1941
  3. Genus Aluterus Cloquet, 1816
  4. Genus Amanses Gray, 1835
  5. Genus Anacanthus Gray, 1830
  6. Genus Brachaluteres Bleeker, 1865
  7. Genus Cantherhines Swainson, 1839
  8. Genus Cantheschenia Hutchins, 1977
  9. Genus Chaetodermis Swainson, 1839
  10. Genus Colurodontis Hutchins, 1977
  11. Genus Enigmacanthus Hutchins, 2002
  12. Genus Eubalichthys Whitley, 1930
  13. Genus Lalmohania Hutchins, 1994
  14. Genus Laputa Whitley, 1930
  15. Genus Meuschenia Whitley, 1929
  16. Genus Monacanthus Oken, 1817
  17. Genus Navodon Whitley, 1930
  18. Genus Nelusetta Whitley, 1939
  19. Genus Oxymonacanthus Bleeker, 1865
  20. Genus Paraluteres Bleeker, 1865
  21. Genus Paramonacanthus Bleeker, 1865
  22. Genus Pervagor Whitley, 1930
  23. Genus Pseudalutarius Bleeker, 1865
  24. Genus Pseudomonacanthus Bleeker, 1865
  25. Genus Rudarius Jordan & Fowler, 1902
  26. Genus Scobinichthys Whitley, 1931
  27. Genus Stephanolepis Gill, 1861
  28. Genus Thamnaconus Smith, 1949
  29. Genus Acreichthy accepted as Acreichthys Fraser-Brunner, 1941 (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling)
  30. Genus Acreichtyes accepted as Acreichthys Fraser-Brunner, 1941 (misspelling)
  31. Genus Aleuteres accepted as Alutera Oken (ex Cuvier), 1817 accepted as Aluterus Cloquet, 1816 (misspelling)
  32. Genus Aleuterius accepted as Aluterus Cloquet, 1816 (misspelling)
  33. Genus Aleuterus accepted as Aluterus Cloquet, 1816 (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling)
  34. Genus Aleuteus accepted as Aluterus Cloquet, 1816 (misspelling)
  35. Genus Aluetera accepted as Aluterus Cloquet, 1816 (misspelling)
  36. Genus Alutarius accepted as Aluterus Cloquet, 1816 (misspelling)
  37. Genus Alutera Oken (ex Cuvier), 1817 accepted as Aluterus Cloquet, 1816 (synonym)
  38. Genus Aluteres accepted as Aluterus Cloquet, 1816 (misspelling)
  39. Genus Amnases accepted as Amanses Gray, 1835 (misspelling)
  40. Genus Anameses accepted as Amanses Gray, 1835 (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling)
  41. Genus Anamses accepted as Amanses Gray, 1835 (misspelling)
  42. Genus Arotrolepis Fraser-Brunner, 1941 accepted as Paramonacanthus Bleeker, 1865 (synonym)
  43. Genus Bigener Hutchins, 1977 accepted as Acanthaluteres Bleeker, 1865
  44. Genus Blandowskius Whitley, 1931 accepted as Eubalichthys Whitley, 1930
  45. Genus Cantharines accepted as Cantherhines Swainson, 1839 (misspelling)
  46. Genus Canthenrines accepted as Cantherhines Swainson, 1839 (misspelling)
  47. Genus Cantherines accepted as Cantherhines Swainson, 1839 (misspelling)
  48. Genus Cantherinus accepted as Cantherhines Swainson, 1839 (misspelling)
  49. Genus Ceratacanthus Gill, 1861 accepted as Aluterus Cloquet, 1816
  50. Genus Chaetoderma accepted as Chaetodermis Swainson, 1839
  51. Genus Hanomanctus Smith, 1949 accepted as Cantherhines Swainson, 1839 (synonym)
  52. Genus Moancanthus accepted as Monacanthus Oken, 1817 (misspelling)
  53. Genus Monocanthus accepted as Monacanthus Oken, 1817 (misspelling)
  54. Genus Osbeckia Jordan & Evermann, 1896 accepted as Aluterus Cloquet, 1816 (synonym)
  55. Genus Oxymonocanthus accepted as Oxymonacanthus Bleeker, 1865 (misspelling)
  56. Genus Parika Whitley, 1955 accepted as Meuschenia Whitley, 1929
  57. Genus Parvagor accepted as Pervagor Whitley, 1930 (misspelling)
  58. Genus Penicipelta Whitley, 1947 accepted as Acanthaluteres Bleeker, 1865 (synonym)
  59. Genus Pseudalulerius accepted as Pseudalutarius Bleeker, 1865 (misspelling)
  60. Genus Pseudalutarias accepted as Pseudalutarius Bleeker, 1865 (misspelling)
  61. Genus Pseudaluteres accepted as Pseudalutarius Bleeker, 1865 (misspelling)
  62. Genus Psilocephalus Swainson, 1839 accepted as Anacanthus Gray, 1830
  63. Genus Weerutta Scott, 1962 accepted as Eubalichthys Whitley, 1930
marine, brackish, terrestrial
Not documented
Description Atlantic, Indian and Pacific Oceans. Usually two dorsal spines; the second is usually much smaller and it may be absent....  
Description Atlantic, Indian and Pacific Oceans. Usually two dorsal spines; the second is usually much smaller and it may be absent. Upper jaw usually with three teeth in outer and two in the inner series on each premaxillary, developed for nibbling; 19-31 vertebrae. Alutera scripta reaches 1 m maximum length. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2024). FishBase. Monacanthidae Nardo, 1843. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=125610 on 2024-11-09
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2004-12-21 15:54:05Z
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van der Land, Jacob
2015-04-17 08:48:21Z
changed
Bailly, Nicolas

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taxonomy source Van Der Laan, R.; Eschmeyer, W. N.; Fricke, R. (2014). Family-group names of Recent fishes. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 3882(1): 1-230., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3882.1.1 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

context source (PeRMS) Chirichigno, N.; Cornejo, M. (2001). Catálogo comentado de los peces marinos del Perú. <em>2ª ed. Instituto del Mar de Perú. Publicación Especial. Callao.</em> 314 p. [details] 

basis of record van der Land, J.; Costello, M.J.; Zavodnik, D.; Santos, R.S.; Porteiro, F.M.; Bailly, N.; Eschmeyer, W.N.; Froese, R. (2001). Pisces, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 357-374 (look up in IMIS) [details] 

additional source Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2024). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. <em>California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco.</em> Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2024., available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details] 
 
 Present  Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
Unreviewed
Description Atlantic, Indian and Pacific Oceans. Usually two dorsal spines; the second is usually much smaller and it may be absent. Upper jaw usually with three teeth in outer and two in the inner series on each premaxillary, developed for nibbling; 19-31 vertebrae. Alutera scripta reaches 1 m maximum length. [details]
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LanguageName 
English filefishes  [details]
Japanese カワハギ科  [details]
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) 
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Monacanthidae) 
To Genbank 
To NMNH Extant Collection (Monacanthidae USNM 404149 photograph lateral view) 
To NMNH Extant Collection (Monacanthidae USNM 404150 photograph lateral view) 
To ITIS
Unreviewed
To NMNH Extant Collection (Monacanthidae USNM 404149 photograph lateral view)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Monacanthidae USNM 404149 photograph lateral view)
Hosted externally
To NMNH Extant Collection (Monacanthidae USNM 404150 photograph lateral view)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Monacanthidae USNM 404150 photograph lateral view)
Hosted externally