Overview
Family : Filefishes ; Found in shallow water and around coral and rocky reefs[1]. Usually remains near the bottom , hiding among gorgonians and branching coral[2]. Feeds on bottom growth, primarily sponge and algae, but stomach often contain tunicates , bryozoans and other sessile benthic invertebrates [3]. The young are pelagic and highly important food items in the diet of large predaceous fishes such as tunas and billfishes [1]. Generally considered as trash fish , rarely consumed[1].
Common Names
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Common Names in Creole, Fren:
Bourse Mayar
Common Names in English:
Chivo, Cuckold, Orange-Spotted Filefish, Orangespotted Fiiefish, Orangespotted File, Orangespotted Filefish, Stoplight Filefish, Tail-Light Filefish, Tobaccofish
Common Names in French:
Bourse Pintade
Common Names in German:
Orangefleck-Feilenfisch
Common Names in Mandarin Chinese:
燈斑前孔魨, 灯斑前孔鲀, 燈斑前孔魨
Common Names in Portuguese:
Cangulho Velho, Cangulo, Cangulo-Bastardo, Cangulo-Da-Pedra, Cangulo-De-Pedra, Cangulo-Fernando, Cangulo-Pavo, Cangulo-Pavão, Peixe-Porco, Porco-Pintado
Common Names in Spanish:
Cacha Chola, Chivo, Lija Colorada, Lija Falsa, Lija Pintada
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
Physical Description
Species Cantherhines pullus
Males are commonly 14 cm (Total Length) in length when caught/marketed, but may be as large as 20 cm (Total Length).
Habitat
May be found at depths of 3 to 50 meters. Usually found at depths of 3 to 20 meters.
Typically found in water with a depth of 0 to -5,132 meters (0 to -16,837 feet).[4]
Biome: Saltwater . Reef-associated .
Taxonomy
- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Animalia
()
- Linnaeus, 1758
- animals
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
()
- (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
()
- Grobben, 1908
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
()
- (Haeckel, 1874) Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Phylum:
Chordata
()
- Bateson, 1885
- Chordates
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
()
- Cuvier, 1812
- Vertebrates
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
()
- Auct.
- Jawed Vertebrates
- Superclass:
Osteichthyes
()
- Huxley, 1880
- Bony Fishes
- Class:
Osteichthyes
()
- Huxley, 1880
- Bony Fishes
- Subclass:
Actinopterygii
()
- Ray-Finned Fishes
- Infraclass:
Actinopteri
()
- Cohort:
Clupeocephala
()
- Superorder:
Acanthopterygii
()
- Order:
Tetraodontiformes
()
- Suborder:
Balistoidei
()
- Family:
Monacanthidae
()
- Filefishes
- Genus:
Cantherhines
()
- Jordan, 1925
- Specific name:
pullus
- (Ranzani, 1842)
- Scientific name: - Cantherhines pullus (Ranzani, 1842)
- Specific name:
pullus
- (Ranzani, 1842)
- Genus:
Cantherhines
(
- Family:
Monacanthidae
(
- Suborder:
Balistoidei
(
- Order:
Tetraodontiformes
(
- Superorder:
Acanthopterygii
(
- Cohort:
Clupeocephala
(
- Infraclass:
Actinopteri
(
- Subclass:
Actinopterygii
(
- Class:
Osteichthyes
(
- Superclass:
Osteichthyes
(
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
(
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
(
- Phylum:
Chordata
(
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
(
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
(
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
Ambiguous Synonyms
- Monacanthus pardalis /i> (Non R�ppell, 1837)
Unambiguous Synonyms
- Amanses amphioxys (Cope, 1871)
- Amanses pullus (Ranzani, 1842)
- Cantherines pullus (Ranzani, 1842)
- Monacanthus amphioxus Cope, 1871
- Monacanthus homopterus Cope, 1871
- Monacanthus irroratus Poey, 1860
- Monacanthus pullus Ranzani, 1842
- Monacanthus punctatus Poey, 1868
- Monacanthus ruppelii Castelnau, 1855
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
- Afonso, P., F.M. Porteiro, R.S. Santos, J.P. Barreiros, J. Worms and P. Wirtz (1999). Coastal marine fishes of So Tom Island (Gulf of Guinea). Arquiplago. Life and Marine Sciences 17A:65-92.
- Bouchon-Navaro, Y. and M. Louis (1986). Les poissons des formations corallienes de la Martinique. Ann. Inst. Ocanogr., Paris 62(2):251-270.
- Bhlke, 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). Caractersticas generales de la ictiofauna. p. 55-70. In R. Claro (ed.) Ecologa de los peces marinos de Cuba. Instituto de Oceanologa 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.
- Filho, A.C. (1999). Peixes: costa Brasileira. Melro, So Paulo. 320 p.
- Fishery bulletin / U.S. Dept. of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Marine Fisheries Service. Washington, D.C.: The Service: ENG url p. 514.
- Fishery circular / U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Fisheries. [Washington]: The Bureau, 1931-1939. ENG url p. 151.
- Gasparini, J.L. and S.R. Floeter (2001). The shore fishes of Trindade Island, western South Atlantic. J. Nat. Hist. 35:1639-1656.
- Harmelin-Vivien, M.L. and J.C. Quro (1990). Monacanthidae. p. 1061-1066. In J.C. Quero, J.C. Hureau, C. Karrer, A. Post and L. Saldanha (eds.) Check-list of the fishes of the eastern tropical Atlantic (CLOFETA). JNICT, Lisbon; SEI, Paris; and UNESCO, Paris. Vol. 2.
- Humann, P. (1994). Reef fish identification: Florida, Caribbean, Bahamas. New World Publications, Jacksonville, Florida. 426 p.
- Ogden, J.C., J.A. Yntema, and I. Clavijo (1975). An annotated list of the fishes of St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands. Spec. Publ. No. 3.
- Olsen, D.A., D.W. Nellis and R.S. Wood (1984). Ciguatera in the Eastern Caribbean. Mar. Fish. Rev. 46(1):13-18.
- 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.
- 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.
- Tyler, J.C. (1978). Monacanthidae. In W. Fischer (ed.) FAO species identification sheets for fishery purposes. Western Central Atlantic (Fishing Area 31). Vol. 3. [pag. var.]. FAO, Rome.
Notes
Contributors
- American Fisheries Society. Common and Scientific Names of Fishes from the United states, Canada, and Mexico Sixth Edition. Special Publication 29.
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-2006. Systema Naturae 2000. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Accessed April 19, 2007.
- FishBase
- Froese, R., and D. Pauly. FishBase 2004. International Center for Living Aquatic Resources Management.
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed March 02, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 8 providers.
- Hutchins, Barry (from FishBase).
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal March 02, 2008:
- Canadian Museum of Nature: Canadian Museum of Nature Fish Collection
- FishBase: FishBase DiGIR Provider - Philippine Server
- Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History: Vertebrate specimens
- Museum national d'histoire naturelle: Ichtyologie
- Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University: MCZ Fish Collection
- Royal Ontario Museum: Fish specimens
- Senckenberg: Collection Pisces
- UNIBIO, IBUNAM: CNPE/Coleccion Nacional de Peces
- University of Kansas Biodiversity Research Center: Fish Collection
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2489236
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: Fis-23408
- Fishbase Species ID: 1082
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 173158
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 105744
Footnotes
- Tyler, J.C. (1978). Monacanthidae. In W. Fischer (ed.) FAO species identification sheets for fishery purposes. Western Central Atlantic (Fishing Area 31). Vol. 3. [pag. var.]. FAO, Rome. [back]
- 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]
- Bhlke, J.E. and C.C.G. Chaplin (1993). Fishes of the Bahamas and adjacent tropical waters. 2nd edition. University of Texas Press, Austin. [back]
- Mean = -1,592.360 meters (-5,224.278 feet), Standard Deviation = 1,536.360 based on 50 observations. Ocean depth information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]
Curator for this page: Barry Hutchins. Date last reviewed: 12/30/1899
