Animalia > Chordata > Tetraodontiformes > Monacanthidae > Oxymonacanthus > Oxymonacanthus longirostris

Oxymonacanthus longirostris (Longnosed filefish; Longnose filefish; Harlequin filefish; Coral filefish; Beaked leatherjacket)

Synonyms: Balistes hispidus longirostris; Balistes hispidus var. longirostris; Balistes longirostris; Monacanthus chrysospilos; Oxymonocanthus longirostris
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Wikipedia Abstract

The orange spotted filefish or harlequin filefish, Oxymonacanthus longirostris, is a filefish in the family Monacanthidae found on coral reefs in the Indo-Pacific Oceans. The orangespotted filefish is a different species and refers to Cantherhines pullus. The orange spotted filefish is pale blue with about eight longitudinal rows of orange-yellow patches. In the wild it feeds almost exclusively on Acropora polyps.
View Wikipedia Record: Oxymonacanthus longirostris

Endangered Species

Status: Vulnerable
View IUCN Record: Oxymonacanthus longirostris

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Christmas Island National Park II 21698 Christmas Island, Australia
Ranong   Thailand      

Prey / Diet

Acropora acuminata (Blue-tipped staghorn coral)[1]
Acropora nasuta (Staghorn coral)[1]
Heliopora coerulea (Blue coral)[1]
Porites cylindrica (Finger coral)[1]

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics.
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0