Monacanthus ciliatus

• Overview
• Interesting Facts
• Common Names
• Description
• Biology
• Taxonomy
• Similar Species
• More Info
• Further Reading
• Notes

Overview

Family : Filefishes ; Occurs in shallow water down to 50 m depth, over sandy and rocky bottoms , but more commonly in grass beds [1]. Often seen moving head down among seagrass blades [2]. The young are often associated with floating Sargassum[3] Rarely consumed[1].

Interesting Facts

Common Names

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Description

Habitat

Typically found in water with a depth of 0 to -4,852 meters (0 to -15,919 feet).[4]

Biome: Marine .

Biology

Diet

Feeds on plants and algae, and also on small crustaceans[3].

Taxonomy

Synonyms

Balistes ciliatus • Balistes ciliatus Mitchill • Balistes ciliatus Mitchill, 1818 • Monacanthus ciliatus • Monacanthus davidsonii Cope • Monacanthus occidentalis Günther • Monacanthus piraaca Kner • Monocanthus ciliatus • Monocanthus ciliatus (Mitchill • Monocanthus ciliatus (Mitchill, 1818)

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name .

Last scrutiny: Data last modified by FishBase 10-Feb-1998

Similar Species

This very common larval type has a modal count of 30 dorsal and anal fin rays. M. setifer has fewer fin rays; in the range of 27-29 dorsal and anal rays, and M. hispidus has more; in the range of 31-34 dorsal rays and 31-33 anal rays.

Members of the genus Monacanthus

ZipcodeZoo has pages for 24 species and subspecies in this genus:

M. alternans (Yelloweye Filefish) · M. aspricaudus (Orangetail Leatherjacket) · M. auratus (Porky) · M. chinensis (Fan-Bellied Leather Jacket) · M. ciliatus (Fringed Fiiefish) · M. cirrhifer (Thread-Sail Filefish) · M. convexirostris (Smooth Leatherjacket) · M. davidsonii (Yelloweye Leatherjacket) · M. fatensis (Threadfin Leatherjacket) · M. fronticinctus (Specktacled Filefish) · M. gunnii (Gunn's Leatherjacket) · M. hispidus (Planehead Filefish) · M. janthinosoma (Ear-Spot Filefish) · M. macrocerus (American Whitespotted Filefish) · M. macrurus (Strap-Weed File-Fish) · M. melanoproctes (Blackvent Filefish) · M. mosaicus (Deep-Bodied Leatherjacket) · M. nematophorus (Cinhalese Leatherjacket) · M. peroni (Pot-Bellied Leatherjacket) · M. pullus (Orange-Spotted Filefish) · M. radiatus (Flower-Coral Filefish) · M. spilosoma (Fantail Filefish) · M. tessellatus (Tessellated Leatherjacket) · M. tuckeri (Slender Fiiefish)

More Info

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Further Reading

• ... The fishes of the Stanford expedition to Brazil, by Edwin Chapin Starks. .. with fifteen plates. .. Stanford, University, Cal., The University, 1913. url p. 63.
• ... The genera of fishes. .. A contribution to the stability of scientific nomenclature. By David Starr Jordan. Stanford University, Calif., The University, 1917-1920. url p. 71.
• A catalogue of the fishes known to inhabit the waters of North America, north of the Tropic of Cancer, with notes on the species discovered in 1883 and 1884, by David Starr Jordan. Washington, Govt. print. off., 1885. url p. 140.
• A catalogue of the fishes of Bermuda, with notes on a collection made in 1905 for the Field Museum, by Tarleton H. Bean. 7 1906 Chicago, 1906. url p. 77.
• A checklist of Canadian Atlantic fishes with keys for identification / Toronto, Royal Ontario Museum, 1965 url , p. 18, p. 86.
• A list of common and scientific names of fishes from the United States and Canada. Report presented at the eighty-ninth annual meeting, Clearwater, Fla., Sept. 16-18, 1959. Ann Arbor, Mich., 1960. url p. 49.
• Allan Hancock Atlantic expedition / University of Southern California. Los Angeles, Calif.: The University, 1945-[1964] url p. 43, p. 46.
• Annual report of the New York Zoological Society. New York: The Society, 1897- url p. 134.
• Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. New YorkAmerican Museum of Natural History1881- url p. 111.
• Bulletin of the Biological Society of Washington. Washington, D.C.: The Society, 1918- url p. 97.
• Bulletin of the Bureau of Fisheries. Washington, D.C.: Govt. Print. Off., 1905-1950. url p. 249, p. 294, p. 296, p. 4, p. 537.
• Contents and index to volume 7, numbers 1 to 12, Zoological series / Charles B. Cory. 7 1912 Chicago: Field Museum of Natural History, 1912. url p. 433.
• Current bibliography for aquatic sciences and fisheries. London, Taylor & Francis ltd. url p. 139.
• FWS/0BS. [Washington]Fish and Wildlife Service, U.S. Dept. of the Interior. url p. 125.
• Fishery bulletin / U.S. Dept. of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Marine Fisheries Service. Washington, D.C.: The Service: url p. 545, p. 839.
• Fishery bulletin. United States Fish and Wildlife Service. Washington, The Service, U.S. Govt Print. Off. url , p. 103, p. 337, p. 522, p. 523, p. 574, p. 61, p. 64, p. 68, p. 69, p. 79, p. 81, p. 90, p. 93, p. 96.
• Fishery circular / U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Fisheries. [Washington]: The Bureau, 1931-1939. url , p. 135, p. 147, p. 148, p. 167, p. 172, p. 173, p. 178, p. 179, p. 394, p. 415.
• Fishes of the Gulf of Maine, by Henry B. Bigelow and William C. Schroeder. Washington, United States Government Printing Office, 1953. url , p. 320, p. 334, p. 522, p. 523, p. 574.
• Fishes of the Gulf of Maine. By Henry B. Bigelow. .. and William W. Welsh. .. Washington, Govt. Print. Off., 1925. url p. 294, p. 296, p. 4.
• Guide to marine fishes; [a new method for identification of marine fishes. New York]New York University Press[1961] url p. 283, p. 407, p. 428.
• Guide to the marine isopod crustaceans of the Caribbean / Brian Kensley and Marilyn Schotte. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press, c1989. url p. 172, p. 190, p. 302.
• Journal of the Elisha Mitchell Scientific Society. Chapel Hill, N.C. [etc.]Elisha Mitchell Scientific Society [etc.] url p. 164, p. 164.
• Marine and estuarine environments, organisms, and geology of the Cape Cod region; an indexed bibliography, 1665-1965 [by] Anne E. Yentsch [and others. Woods Hole, Mass., Systematics Ecology Program, Marine Biological Laboratory[c1966] url p. 128.
• NOAA technical report NMFS SSRF. Seattle, Wash.: National Marine Fisheries Service; url p. 32.
• Occasional papers of the Boston Society of Natural History. Boston, Boston Society of Natural History, 1869-1941. url .
• Pamphlets on forestry. Fish and game. [1900?- url p. 1715, p. 3285.
• Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington. Washington, Biological Society of Washington url p. 206, p. 31, p. 54, p. 63.
• Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, 4th series. San Francisco, California Academy of Sciences. url p. 469, p. 579.
• Proceedings of the United States National Museum. Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press, [etc.] url p. 139, p. 145, p. 605, p. 645, p. 666.
• Publication. Field Columbian Museum. Chicago, U.S.A.: The Museum, 1895-1909. url p. 433.
• Report of the Commissioner for. .. / United States Commission of Fish and Fisheries. Washington: G.P.O., 1874-1905. url p. 423, p. 423, p. 86, p. 928.
• Report of the United States Commissioner of Fisheries for the fiscal year. .. with appendixes Washington: G.P.O., 1914- url p. 494.
• Special scientific report. Seattle, National Marine Fisheries Service; for sale by the Supt. of Docs., U.S. Govt. Print. Off., 1949-1971. url p. 45, p. 48, p. 54, p. 57, p. 62.
• Studies of estuarine dependence of Atlantic coastal fishes, by John Clark [and others] Washington, U.S. Bureau of Sport Fisheries and Wildlife; [for sale by the Supt. of Docs., U.S. Govt. Print. Off.]1969. url p. 60.
• Syllogeus. Ottawa, National Museum of Natural Sciences, 1972-1995. url p. 22.
• Systematic catalogue of the fishes of Tortugas, Florids with observations on color, habits, and local distribution by William H. Longley. .. Edited and completed by Smauel F. Hildebrand. .. Washington, D.C.1941 url p. 289, p. 294.
• The fishes of North and Middle America a descriptive catalogue of the species of fish-like vertebrates found in the waters of North America, north of the Isthmus of Panama / by David Starr Jordan and Barton Warren Evermann. Washington: G.P.O., 1898. url .
• The genera of fishes. ..: A contribution to the stability of scientific nomenclature / By David Starr Jordan. Stanford University, Calif.: The University, 1917-1920. url p. 71.
• The marine fishes of Panama. by Seth E. Meek and Samuel F. Hildebrand; Wilfred H. Osgood, editor 15 1928 Chicago: Field Museum of Natural History, 1928 url p. 799.

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-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 15, 2012.
• FishBase. Release date: January 5, 2010
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed March 02, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 8 providers.
• Hutchins, Barry (from FishBase).
• Ruggiero M., Gordon D., Bailly N., Kirk P., Nicolson D. (2011). The Catalogue of Life Taxonomic Classification, Edition 2, Part A. In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist (Bisby F.A., Roskov Y.R., Orrell T.M., Nicolson D., Paglinawan L.E., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., Baillargeon G., Ouvrard D., eds). DVD; Species 2000: Reading, UK.
• Victor, Benjamin. CoralReefFish.com

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
• GBIF-Sweden: Fishes (NRM)
• Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University: Atlantic Reference Centre (OBIS Canada)
• Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University: Bay of Fundy Species List (OBIS Canada)
• Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University: Canadian Museum of Nature - Fish Collection (OBIS Canada)
• Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University: DFO Maritimes Research Vessel Trawl Surveys Fish Observations (OBIS Canada)
• Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University: ECNASAP - East Coast North America Strategic Assessment (OBIS Canada)
• Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University: Fish larvae biodiversity along the central coast in the Brazilian EEZ (OBIS South America, BRAZIL) (OBIS South America, BRAZIL)
• 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

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 132163
• Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: Fis-24788
• Fishbase Species ID: 4280
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 14208488
• Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 173179
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 116937

Footnotes

1. 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]
2. 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]
3. Gibbs, R.H., Jr. (1978). Exocoetidae. In W. Fischer (ed.) FAO species identification sheets for fishery purposes. Western Central Atlantic (Fishing Area 31). Vol. 2. pag.var. [back]
4. Mean = -1,215.420 meters (-3,987.598 feet), Standard Deviation = 1,592.310 based on 175 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

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