Monacanthidae

Stephanolepis hispidus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Tetraodontiformes

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii Infraclassis: Teleostei Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai Supercohors: Clupeocephala Cohors: Euteleosteomorpha Subcohors: Neoteleostei Infracohors: Eurypterygia Sectio: Ctenosquamata Subsectio: Acanthomorphata Divisio/Superordo: Acanthopterygii Subdivisio: Percomorphaceae Series: Eupercaria Ordo: Tetraodontiformes

Familia: Monacanthidae
Genera: Acanthaluteres - Acreichthys - Aluterus - Amanses - Anacanthus - Brachaluteres - Cantherhines - Cantheschenia - Chaetodermis - Colurodontis - Enigmacanthus - Eubalichthys - Lalmohania - Meuschenia - Monacanthus - Nelusetta - Oxymonacanthus - Paraluteres - Paramonacanthus - Pervagor - Pseudalutarius - Pseudomonacanthus - Rudarius - Scobinichthys - Stephanolepis - Thamnaconus

Name

Monacanthidae Nardo, 1842

References

• Miyajima, Y. et al. 2014: First fossil occurrence of a filefish (Tetraodontiformes; Monacanthidae) in Asia, from the Middle Miocene in Nagano Prefecture, central Japan. Zootaxa 3786(3): 382–400. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3786.3.7 Reference page. 
• Santini, F., Sorenson, L. & Alfaro, M. E.; 2013: A new multi-locus timescale reveals the evolutionary basis of diversity patterns in triggerfishes and filefishes (Balistidae, Monacanthidae; Tetraodontiformes). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 30 May 2013 DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2013.05.015

Links

• Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2006. FishBase, version (02/2006). [1]

Vernacular names

Deutsch: Feilenfische
English: Filefish
日本語: カワハギ科
中文: 沙鯭