Interesting Facts
Common Names
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Common Names in Creole, Portuguese:
Cabra, Cabrinha
Common Names in Creoles and Pidgins, Portuguese:
Cabra, Cabrinha
Common Names in English:
American whitespotted filefish, chivo, whitespotted filefish
Common Names in Mandarin Chinese:
白点前孔鲀, 白點前孔魨
Common Names in Portuguese:
Cabra, Cabrinha, Peixe-porco, Porco-pintado
Common Names in Spanish:
Cachúa lija, chivo, Lija de lunares blancos
Taxonomy
- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Animalia
()
- C. 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
- Class:
Osteichthyes
()
- Huxley, 1880
- Subclass:
Actinopterygii
()
- Infraclass:
Actinopteri
()
- Cohort:
Clupeocephala
()
- Superorder:
Acanthopterygii
()
- Order:
Tetraodontiformes
()
- Suborder:
Balistoidei
()
- Family:
Monacanthidae
()
- Genus:
Monacanthus
()
- Oken, 1817
- Specific name:
macrocerus
- Scientific name: - Monacanthus macrocerus
- Specific name:
macrocerus
- Genus:
Monacanthus
(
- 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
(
Synonyms
Cantherhines macrocerus • Cantherhines macrocerus (Hollard, 1853)
Similar Species
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)
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Further Reading
- Anales de la Sociedad Española de Historia Natural. Madrid: La Sociedad, url p. 207.
- Bulletin - United States National Museum. Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press, [etc.];1877-1971. url p. 1713.
- Pamphlets on forestry. Fish and game. [1900?- url p. 1713.
- Proceedings of the United States National Museum. 9 1886 Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press, [etc.] url p. 605.
- Report of the United States Commissioner of Fisheries for the fiscal year. .. with appendixes Washington: G.P.O., 1914- url p. 494.
- 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: Smithsonian Institution, United States National Museum, 1896-1900. url p. 1713.
Notes
Contributors
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 15, 2012.
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 161616
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 4003690
