Florent's Guide To The Hawaiian, South Pacific and

Indo-Pacific Reefs

Strapweed Filefish
Pseudomonacanthus macrurus
Strapweed Filefish
Category: Filefishes
Scientific Name: Pseudomonacanthus macrurus
Size: Up to 9 in. (24 cm)  
Depth: 3-30 ft. (1-10 m)
Distribution: Indo-West Pacific
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
       └Pseudomonacanthus (Genus)
        └P. macrurus (Species)
WoRMS ID: 278084🔗
iNaturalist ID: 272552🔗

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