Paramonacanthus Explained

Paramonacanthus is a genus of filefishes native to the Indian and Pacific Oceans.

Species

There are currently 11 recognized species in this genus:^[1]

• Paramonacanthus arabicus Hutchins, 1997
• Paramonacanthus choirocephalus (Bleeker, 1852)
• Paramonacanthus cryptodon (Bleeker, 1855)
• Paramonacanthus curtorhynchos (Bleeker, 1855)
• Paramonacanthus filicauda (Günther, 1880)
• Paramonacanthus frenatus (Peters, 1855)
• Paramonacanthus japonicus (Tilesius, 1809)
• Paramonacanthus lowei Hutchins, 1997
• Paramonacanthus matsuurai Hutchins, 1997
• Paramonacanthus nematophorus (Günther, 1870)
• Paramonacanthus nipponensis (Kamohara, 1939)
• Paramonacanthus oblongus (Temminck & Schlegel, 1850)
• Paramonacanthus otisensis Whitley, 1931
• Paramonacanthus pusillus (Rüppell, 1829)
• Paramonacanthus sulcatus (Hollard, 1854)
• Paramonacanthus tricuspis (Hollard, 1854)

Notes and References

1. Matsuura, K. (2014): Taxonomy and systematics of tetraodontiform fishes: a review focusing primarily on progress in the period from 1980 to 2014. Ichthyological Research, 62 (1): 72-113.