Filefishes - Family: Monacanthidae
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Toothbrush Leatherjacket - Acanthaluteres vittiger
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Unicorn Leatherjacket - Aluteres monoceros
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Scrawled Filefish - Aluteres scriptus
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Bearded Leatherjacket - Anacanthus barbatus
Threadfin Leatherjacket - Arotorolepis filicauda
Southern Pygmy Leatherjacket - Brachaluteres jacksoniensis
Taylor's Pygmy Leatherjacket - Brachaluteres taylori
Barred Leatherjacket - Cantherines dumerilii
Spectacled Leatherjacket - Cantherines fronticinctus
Honeycomb Leatherjacket - Cantherines pardalis
Large-scale Leatherjacket - Cantheschenia grandisquamis
Smooth-spine Leatherjacket - Cantheschenia longipinnis
Tasseled Leatherjacket - Chaetodermis penicilligerus
Black Reef Leatherjacket - Eubalichthys bucephalus
Mosaic Leatherjacket - Eubalichthys mosaicus
Six-spine Leatherjacket - Meuschenia freycineti (possible occurrence)
Velvet Leatherjacket - Meuschenia scabra
Yellow-fin Leatherjacket - Meuschenia trachylepis
Fanbelly Leatherjacket - Monacanthus chinensis
Ocean Leatherjacket - Nelusetta ayraud
Harlequin Filefish - Oxymonacanthus longirostris
Black-saddle Filefish - Paraluterus prionurus
Lowe's Leatherjacket - Paramonacanthus lowei
Dusky Leatherjacket - Paramonacanthus otisensis
Yellow-eye Leatherjacket - Pervagor alternans
Gillblotch Leatherjacket - Pervagor janthinosoma
Black-headLeatherjacket - Pervagor melanocephalus (possible occurrence)
Rhinoceros Leatherjacket - Pseudalutarius nasicornis
Potbelly Leatherjacket - Pseudomonacanthus peroni
Rough Leatherjacket - Scobinichthys granulatus
Yellow-spotted Leatherjacket - Thamnaconus hypargyreus
Modest Leatherjacket - Thamnaconus modestoides
Many-spot Leatherjacket - Thamnaconus tessellatus
Taxonomy:
Phylum: Chordata (Chordates)
> Subphylum: Vertebrata (Vertebrates)
> Class: Actinopterygii (Ray-finned Fishes)
> Superorder: Acanthomorpha (Spiny-rayed Fishes
> Order: Tetraodontiformes (Puffers and Filefishes)
> Suborder: Balistoidei (Triggerfishes, Boxfishes and Filefishes)
> Family: Monacanthidae (filefishes)
> Genus: Acanthaluteres
> Species: A. vittiger - Toothbrush Leatherjacket
> Genus: Aluteres
> Species: A. monoceros - Unicorn Leatherjacket
> Species: A. scriptus - Scrawled Filefish
> Genus: Anacanthus
> Species: A. barbatus - Bearded Leatherjacket
> Genus: Arotorolepis
> Species: A. filicauda - Threadfin Leatherjacket
> Genus: Brachaluteres (Inflator Filefishes)
> Species: B. jacksoniensis - Southern Pygmy Leatherjacket
> Species: B. taylori - Taylor's Pygmy Leatherjacket
> Genus: Cantherines
> Species: C. dumerilii - Barred Leatherjacket
> Species: C. fronticinctus - Spectacled Leatherjacket
> Species: C. pardalis - Honeycomb Leatherjacket
> Genus: Cantheschenia
> Species: C. grandisquamis - Large-scale Leatherjacket
> Species: C. longipinnis - Smooth-spine Leatherjacket
> Genus: Chaetodermis
> Species: C. penicilligerus - Tasseled Leatherjacket
> Genus: Eubalichthys
> Species: E. bucephalus - Black Reef Leatherjacket
> Species: E. mosaicus - Mosaic Leatherjacket
> Genus: Meuschenia (Reef Leatherjackets)
> Species: M. freycineti - Six-spine Leatherjacket ^
> Species: M. scabra - Velvet Leatherjacket
> Species: M. trachylepis - Yellow-fin Leatherjacket
> Genus: Monacanthus
> Species: M. chinensis - Fanbelly Leatherjacket
> Genus: Nelusetta
> Species: N. ayraud - Ocean Leatherjacket
> Genus: Oxymonacanthus (Long-nose Filefishes)
> Species: O. longirostris - Harlequin Filefish
> Genus: Paraluteres (Mimic Filefishes)
> Species: P. prionurus - Black-saddle Filefish
> Genus: Paramonacanthus
> Species: P. lowei - Lowe's Leatherjacket
> Species: P. otisensis - Dusky Leatherjacket
> Genus: Pervagor
> Species: P. alternans - Yellow-eye Leatherjacket
> Species: P. janthinosoma - Gillblotch Leatherjacket
> Species: P. melanocephalus - Black-head Leatherjacket ^
> Genus: Pseudalutarius
> Species: P. nasicornis - Rhinoceros Leatherjacket
> Genus: Pseudomonacanthus
> Species: P. peroni - Potbelly Leatherjacket
> Genus: Scobinichthys
> Species: S. granulatus - Rough Leatherjacket
> Genus: Thamnaconus
> Species: T. hypargyreus - Yellow-spotted Leatherjacket
> Species: T. modestoides - Modest Leatherjacket
> Species: T. tessellatus - Many-spot Leatherjacket
^ = possibly
* = likely
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