| Family: |
Monacanthidae (Filefishes) |
| Max. size: |
6.2 cm SL (male/unsexed) |
| Environment: |
reef-associated; marine |
| Distribution: |
Eastern Central Pacific: found only at the Marquesas and Line islands. |
| Diagnosis: |
Dorsal spines (total): 1-1; Dorsal soft rays (total): 30-32; Anal spines: 0-0; Anal soft rays: 27-29; Vertebrae: 19-19. Head and body grayish brown when fresh; iris brown; caudal fin orange with black posterior margin; spinous dorsal fin dark brown. Usually a broad and blackish bar passing from nape, through eye, to pectoral base. Large pelvic rudiment not broadly attached to posterior margin of ventral flap. 1 - 5 spinules on midbody scales, middle spinule longest; scale spinules on posterior half of body becoming progressively more elongate, extremities of those on caudal peduncle of male curving forward; male with scale rugosities developing at about 50 mm SL |
| Biology: |
Occurs in rocky reefs to depths of 25 m. |
| IUCN Red List Status: |
Data deficient (DD); Date assessed: 03 March 2015 Ref. (130435)
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| Threat to humans: |
harmless |
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