Florent's Guide To The

Tropical Pacific Reefs

Orangetail Filefish
Orangetail Filefish
Scientific Name: Pervagor aspricaudus
Family: Monacanthidae
Category: Filefishes
Size: Up to 5 in. (12 cm)  
Depth: 10-100 ft. (3-30 m)
Distribution: Indo-Pacific, French Polynesia

Odd-Shaped Swimmers
Filefishes

Orangetail Filefish

Blackheaded Filefish

Fantail Filefish

Rhino Filefish

Strapweed Filefish

Scrawled Filefish

Yelloweye Filefish

Spectacled Filefish

Wirenet Filefish

Longnose Filefish

Mimic Filefish (Juvenile)

Mimic Filefish



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