Cantherhines macrocerus

• Overview
• Common Names
• Description
• Taxonomy
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• More Info
• Further Reading
• Notes

Overview

Family : Filefishes ; Inhabits coral reefs or rocky bottoms [1]. Found among gorgonians . Occurs in pairs[2]. Feeds mainly on sponges, gorgonians, and algae[3] but also eats hydroids and stinging coral[4].

Common Names

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Description

Family Monacanthidae

Atlantic, Indian and Pacific Oceans. Usually two dorsal spines; the second is usually much smaller and it may be absent. Upper jaw usually with three teeth in outer and two in the inner series on each premaxillary , developed for nibbling; 19-31 vertebrae . Alutera scripta reaches 1 m maximum length . Most species feed on a wide variety of benthic invertebrates , but some specialize on corals or zooplankton . Filefishes lay demersal eggs in a site prepared and guarded by the male or both parents. Some of the subtropical species release eggs in open water .The family Monacanthidae belongs to the Class Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes ) and the Order Tetraodontiformes. It contains 31 genera and 95 species. It may be found in Marine environments and is primarily Marine. Some members of this family are used in the aquarium trade. Reproductively, most members of this family are mixed. The main mode of swimming of adult fish in this family is balistiform. Compared with other fish, the activity level of this family tends to be normal. Members of this family have been dated back to the Pliocene epoch of the Tertiary period. Etymology of this family name : Greek, monos = only + Greek, akantha = thorn

Habitat

May be found at depths of 3 to 25 meters. Usually found at depths of 3 to 20 meters.

Biome: Saltwater . Reef-associated .

Taxonomy

Unambiguous Synonyms

1. Cantherhines macroceros (Hollard, 1853)
2. Cantherines macrocerus (Hollard, 1853)
3. Monacanthus macrocerus Hollard, 1853

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name .

Similar Species

Members of the genus Cantherhines

ZipcodeZoo has pages for 16 species and subspecies in this genus:

C. carolae · C. dumerili · C. dumerilii (Yelloweye Leatherjacket) · C. fronticinctus (Specktacled Filefish) · C. longicaudus · C. macrocerus (American Whitespotted Filefish) · C. melanoides · C. multilineatus · C. pardalis (Honeycomb Leatherjacket) · C. pullus (Orange-Spotted Filefish) · C. rapanui · C. sandwichensis · C. sandwichiensis (Brown Leatherjacket) · C. tiki · C. trachylepis (Yellowfinned Leatherjacket) · C. verecundus

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Further Reading

• Böhlke, J.E. and C.C.G. Chaplin (1993). Fishes of the Bahamas and adjacent tropical waters. 2nd edition. University of Texas Press, Austin.
• Claro, R. (1994). Características generales de la ictiofauna. p. 55-70. In R. Claro (ed.) Ecología de los peces marinos de Cuba. Instituto de Oceanología Academia de Ciencias de Cuba and Centro de Investigaciones de Quintana Roo.
• Claro, Rodolfo, and Lynne R. Parenti / Claro, Rodolfo, Kenyon C. Lindeman, and L. R. Parenti, eds. 2001. Chapter 2: The Marine Ichthyofauna of Cuba. Ecology of the Marine Fishes of Cuba. Smithsonian Institution Press. Washington, DC, USA. 21-57. ISBN: 1-56098-985-8.
• Eschmeyer, William N., ed. 1998. Catalog of Fishes. Special Publication of the Center for Biodiversity Research and Information, no. 1, vol 1-3. California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco, California, USA. 2905. ISBN: 0-940228-47-5.
• Figueiredo, J.L. and N.A. Menezes (2000). Manual de peixes marinhos do sudeste do Brasil. VI.Teleostei (5). Museu de Zoologia, Universidade de São Paulo. Brazil. 116 p.
• Gasparini, J.L. and S.R. Floeter (2001). The shore fishes of Trindade Island, western South Atlantic. J. Nat. Hist. 35:1639-1656.
• Humann, P. (1994). Reef fish identification: Florida, Caribbean, Bahamas. New World Publications, Jacksonville, Florida. 426 p.
• Lieske, E. and R. Myers (1994). Collins Pocket Guide. Coral reef fishes. Indo-Pacific and amp; Caribbean including the Red Sea. Haper Collins Publishers, 400 p.
• Lubbock, R. and A. Edwards. (1981). The fishes of Saint Paul's Rocks. J. Fish Biol. 18:135-157.
• Reiner, F. (1996). Catálogo dos peixes do Arquipélago de Cabo Verde. Publicações avulsas do IPIMAR No. 2. 339 p.
• Robins, C.R. and G.C. Ray (1986). A field guide to Atlantic coast fishes of North America. Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, U.S.A. 354 p.
• Robins, Richard C., Reeve M. Bailey, Carl E. Bond, James R. Brooker, Ernest A. Lachner, et al. 1980. A List of Common and Scientific Names of Fishes from the United States and Canada, Fourth Edition. American Fisheries Society Special Publication, no. 12. American Fisheries Society. Bethesda, Maryland, USA. 174.
• Sadovy, Y. (1992). A preliminary assessment of the marine aquarium export trade in Puerto Rico. Proceedings of the Seventh International Coral Reef Symposium, Guam, Vol. 2, p. 1014-1021.
• Smith, C.L. (1997). National Audubon Society field guide to tropical marine fishes of the Caribbean, the Gulf of Mexico, Florida, the Bahamas, and Bermuda. Alfred A. Knopf, Inc., New York. 720 p.

Notes

Contributors

• Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-2006. Systema Naturae 2000. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Accessed April 20, 2007.
• Froese, R., and D. Pauly. FishBase 2004. International Center for Living Aquatic Resources Management.
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed March 04, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 5 providers.
• Hutchins, Barry (from FishBase).

Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal March 04, 2008:

• FishBase: FishBase DiGIR Provider - Philippine Server
• Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University: REVIZEE South Score / Pelagic and Demersal Fish Database II (OBIS South America, BRAZIL)
• Museum national d'histoire naturelle: Ichtyologie
• Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University: MCZ Fish Collection
• Royal Ontario Museum: Fish specimens
• Senckenberg: Collection Pisces

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2489233
• Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: Fis-24477
• Fishbase Species ID: 4277
• Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 173157
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 94384

Footnotes

1. Cervig�n, F., R. Cipriani, W. Fischer, L. Garibaldi, M. Hendrickx, A.J. Lemus, R. M�rquez, J.M. Poutiers, G. Robaina and B. Rodriguez (1992). Fichas FAO de identificaci�n de especies para los fines de la pesca. Gu�a de campo de las especies comerciales ma [back]
2. B�hlke, J.E. and C.C.G. Chaplin (1993). Fishes of the Bahamas and adjacent tropical waters. 2nd edition. University of Texas Press, Austin. [back]
3. Lieske, E. and R. Myers (1994). Collins Pocket Guide. Coral reef fishes. Indo-Pacific & Caribbean including the Red Sea. Haper Collins Publishers, 400 p. [back]
4. Randall, J.E. (1996). Caribbean reef fishes. Third Edition - revised and enlarged. T.F.H. Publications, Inc. Ltd., Hong Kong. 3nd ed. 368 p. [back]

Curator for this page: Barry Hutchins. Date last reviewed: 12/30/1899

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