| Family: |
Monacanthidae (Filefishes) |
| Max. size: |
7.4 cm SL (male/unsexed) |
| Environment: |
demersal; marine; depth range 1 - 35 m |
| Distribution: |
Western Indian Ocean: known only from the Persian Gulf. |
| Diagnosis: |
Dorsal spines (total): 2-2; Dorsal soft rays (total): 26-30; Anal spines: 0-0; Anal soft rays: 27-30; Vertebrae: 19-19. Scales on midside of body each with single relatively large, prominently branched spinule (except in some slender males); dorsal profile of snout convex to slightly concave, without prominent hump just anterior to eye; second uppermost caudal fin ray of male elongate and filamentous; dark blotch on side of body below anterior half of soft dorsal fin usually bisected by narrow longitudinal pale line. |
| Biology: |
Taken by otter trawling to depths of 35 m and also by beach seine and chemical ichthyocides at shallow waters; on rock and sandy bottoms (Ref. 33065). |
| IUCN Red List Status: |
Least Concern (LC); Date assessed: 24 February 2014 Ref. (130435)
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| Threat to humans: |
harmless |
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