Florent's Guide To The Hawaiian, South Pacific and

Indo-Pacific Reefs

Fantail Filefish
Pervagor spilosoma
Fantail Filefish
Category: Filefishes
Scientific Name: Pervagor spilosoma
Size: Up to 7 in. (17 cm)  
Depth: 20-300 ft. (6-90 m)
Distribution: Hawaii (Endemic)
Chordata (Phylum) Chordates
└Vertebrata (Subphylum) Vertebrates
 └Osteichthyes (Parvphylum) Bony Fishes
  └Actinopterygii (Gigaclass) Ray-Finned Fish
   └Teleostei (Class) Teleosts
    └Tetraodontiformes (Order)
     └Balistoidei (Suborder)
      └Monacanthidae (Family) Filefishes
       └Pervagor (Genus)
        └P. spilosoma (Species)
WoRMS ID: 279224🔗
iNaturalist ID: 122115🔗

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