Florent's Guide To The

French Polynesia

Orangetail Filefish
Pervagor aspricaudus
Orangetail Filefish
Category: Filefishes
Scientific Name: Pervagor aspricaudus
Size: Up to 5 in. (12 cm)  
Depth: 10-100 ft. (3-30 m)
Distribution: Indo-Pacific, French Polynesia
Chordata (Phylum)
└Vertebrata (Subphylum)
 └Osteichthyes (Parvphylum)
  └Actinopterygii (Gigaclass)
   └Actinopteri (Superclass)
    └Teleostei (Class)
     └Tetraodontiformes (Order)
      └Balistoidei (Suborder)
       └Monacanthidae (Family)
        └Pervagor (Genus)
         └P. aspricaudus (Species)

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Filefishes

Orangetail Filefish

Scrawled Filefish

Yelloweye Filefish

Wirenet Filefish



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