Filefishes (Monacanthidae)

The Filefishes (Monacanthidae) family has 77 species in the Guppies.za.net fish encyclopedia, 13 of which are kept in home aquariums.

Species in this family

• American whitespotted filefishCantherhines macrocerus
• Bristle-tail file-fishAcreichthys tomentosus
• Fantail filefishPervagor spilosoma
• Fringed filefishMonacanthus ciliatus
• Harlequin filefishOxymonacanthus longirostris
• Orange filefishAluterus schoepfii
• Orangespotted filefishCantherhines pullus
• Planehead filefishStephanolepis hispidus
• Redtail filefishPervagor melanocephalus
• Sandwich isle fileCantherhines sandwichiensis
• Scribbled leatherjacket filefishAluterus scriptus
• Strap-weed file-fishPseudomonacanthus macrurus
• Whitespotted filefishCantherhines dumerilii
• Bearded leatherjacketAnacanthus barbatus
• Black reef leatherjacketEubalichthys bucephalus
• Blackbar filefishPervagor janthinosoma
• Blacklined filefishPervagor nigrolineatus
• Blackvent filefishThamnaconus melanoproctes
• Blue-lined leatherjacketMeuschenia galii
• Blue-spotted leatherjacketEubalichthys caeruleoguttatus
• Bluetail leatherjacketEubalichthys cyanoura
• Bridled leatherjacketAcanthaluteres spilomelanurus
• Broom filefishAmanses scopas
• Chinaman-leatherjacketNelusetta ayraud
• Degen's leatherjacketThamnaconus degeni
• Diamond leatherjacketRudarius excelsus
• Dotterel filefishAluterus heudelotii
• Dusky leatherjacketParamonacanthus otisensis
• False pufferParaluteres prionurus
• Fan-bellied leatherjacketMonacanthus chinensis
• Four-spined leatherjacketEubalichthys quadrispinis
• Fourband leatherjacketPseudomonacanthus elongatus
• Gulf filefishParamonacanthus arabicus
• Gunn's leatherjacketEubalichthys gunnii
• Hair-finned filefishParamonacanthus oblongus
• Hairfinned leatherjacketParamonacanthus japonicus
• Honeycomb filefishCantherhines pardalis
• Horse-shoe leatherjacketMeuschenia hippocrepis
• Japanese inflator filefishBrachaluteres ulvarum
• Japanese leatherjacketParamonacanthus nipponensis
• Large-scaled leatherjacketCantheschenia grandisquamis
• Lesser-spotted leatherjacketThamnaconus hypargyreus
• Many-lined leatherjacketThamnaconus striatus
• Minute leatherjacketRudarius minutus
• Modest filefishThamnaconus modestoides
• Mosaic leatherjacketEubalichthys mosaicus
• Orangetail filefishPervagor aspricaudus
• Pig faced leather jacketParamonacanthus choirocephalus
• Pigmy leatherjacketBrachaluteres jacksonianus
• PorkyStephanolepis auratus
• Pot-bellied leatherjacketPseudomonacanthus peroni
• Prickly leatherjacketChaetodermis penicilligerus
• Pygmy filefishStephanolepis setifer
• Radial leatherjacketAcreichthys radiatus
• Red Sea longnose filefishOxymonacanthus halli
• Reticulated leatherjacketStephanolepis diaspros
• Rhinoceros leatherjacketPseudalutarius nasicornis
• Rough leatherjacketsScobinichthys granulatus
• Sandy filefishThamnaconus arenaceus
• Shy filefishCantherhines verecundus