Paramonacanthus oblongus Hair-finned filefish

Paramonacanthus oblongus is commonly referred to as Hair-finned filefish. Difficulty in the aquarium: There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Dr. John Ernest (Jack) Randall (†), Hawaii

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Scientific:: Paramonacanthus oblongus
German:: Haarflossen-Feiilenfisch, Japanese Leatherjacket
English:: Hair-finned Filefish

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Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Teleostei (Class) > Tetraodontiformes (Order) > Monacanthidae (Family) > Paramonacanthus (Genus) > oblongus (Species)
Initial determination:: (Temminck & Schlegel, ), 1850

Occurrence:: Sudan, Vereinigte Arabische Emirate, Eritrea, Kuwait, Djibouti, Hong Kong, (the) Maldives, Australia, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Cambodia, China, Comores, Coral sea (Eastern Australia), Corea, Egypt, Fiji, Gulf of Oman / Oman, India, Indian Ocean, Indo Pacific, Indonesia, Irak, Iran, Israel, Japan, Jordan, Kenya, Madagascar, Malaysia, Mauritius, Mayotte, Mozambique, Myanmar, New Caledonia, Papua New Guinea, Paracel-Islands, Philippines, Quatar, Queensland (Australia), Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Somalia, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Tansania, the Seychelles, Vietnam, Yemen
Marine Zone:: Subtidal, sublittoral, infralittoral, deep zone of the oceans from the lower limit of the intertidal zone (intertidal) to the shelf edge at about 200 m water depth. neritic.
Sea depth:: 8 - 80 Meter
Habitats:: Coral reefs, Reef roofs, Reef canopies, Sandy sea floors
Size:: up to 4.72" (12 cm)
Temperature:: 74.3 °F - 84.38 °F (23.5°C - 29.1°C)
Food:: Amphipods, Carnivore, Copepods, Daphnia salina, Invertebrates, Zooplankton
Difficulty:: There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully
Offspring:: Not available as offspring
Toxicity:: Toxic hazard unknown

CITES:

Not evaluated

Red List:

Least concern (LC)

Related species at Catalog of Life:

Paramonacanthus arabicus
Paramonacanthus choirocephalus
Paramonacanthus cryptodon
Paramonacanthus curtorhynchos
Feilenfisch
Paramonacanthus frenatus
Paramonacanthus japonicus
Feilenfisch
Paramonacanthus lowei
Paramonacanthus matsuurai
Paramonacanthus nematophorus
Feilenfisch
Paramonacanthus nipponensis
Paramonacanthus oblongus
Haarflossen-Feiilenfisch, Japanese Leatherjacket
Paramonacanthus otisensis
Feilenfisch
Paramonacanthus pusillus
Feilenfisch
Paramonacanthus sulcatus
Feilenfisch
Paramonacanthus tricuspis
Feilenfisch

Author:: Meerwasser-Lexikon Team
Publisher:: Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:: 2024-05-27 16:03:16
Last edit:: 2024-05-29 18:19:08

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Paramonacanthus oblongus is found in tropical waters over reefs and sandy bottoms and resembles the seagrass filefish Acreichthys tomentosus in the juvenile stage.

On the way to the adult stage, the body shape changes to "elongated", so that a visual comparison can easily lead to the conclusion that there are two different species.

Unfortunately, little is known about the lifestyle and biology of the filefish, which was originally native to Japanese waters.

Synonyms:
Monacanthus oblongus Temminck & Schlegel, 1850 · unaccepted
Stephanolepis oblongus (Temminck & Schlegel, 1850) · unaccepted

External links

Fishes of Australia (en). Abgerufen am 27.05.2024.
IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (multi). Abgerufen am 27.05.2024.
Paramonacanthus oblongus, the correct name for the Indo-Pacific fish currently called P. japonicus, with a recommendation on the nomenclature of Stephanolepis cirrhifer (Tetraodontiformes, Monacanthidae) (en). Abgerufen am 27.05.2024.

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