Interesting Facts
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Common Names
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Common Names in English:
Fantail Filefish, Orangetail
Description
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Habitat
Biome: Marine .
Taxonomy
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- 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:
Stephanolepis
()
- Gill, 1861
- Specific name:
spilosomus
- Scientific name: - Stephanolepis spilosomus
- Specific name:
spilosomus
- Genus:
Stephanolepis
(
- 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
(
Similar Species
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Members of the genus Stephanolepis
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 8 species and subspecies in this genus:
S. auratus (Porky) · S. cirrhifer (Thread-Sail Filefish) · S. diaspros (Reticulated Leatherjacket) · S. hispida (Planehead Fiiefish) · S. hispidus (Planehead Fiiefish) · S. melanocephalus (Straightsnout Filefish) · S. setifer (Speckled Filefish) · S. spilosomus (Fantail Filefish)
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Further Reading
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- A guide to the study of fishes, by David Starr Jordan. .. New York, H. Holt and Company, 1905. url p. 415.
- A list of the fishes of Hawaii, with notes and descriptions of new species, by David Starr Jordan and Eric Knight Jordan. Pittsburgh, Board of trustees of the Carnegie Institute, 1922. url p. 86.
- A list of the fishes of Hawaii: with notes and descriptions of new species / by David Starr Jordan and Eric Knight Jordan. Pittsburgh: Published by the authority of the Board of Trustees of the Carnegie Institute, 1922. url p. 86.
- Fishes, New York, H. Holt and Company, 1907. url .
- Occasional papers of Bernice P. Bishop Museum. Honolulu, Bishop Museum Press, 1898-1984. url p. 119, p. 29, p. 29.
- Occasional papers. Honolulu, Bishop Museum Press. url p. 29.
- Report of the Bureau of Fisheries / Department of Commerce and Labor. Washington: G.P.O., 1905. url p. 441.
- The deep-sea fishes [of the Hawaiian Islands] By Charles Henry Gilbert. 1905 Washington, Govt. Print. Off., 1905. url p. 708.
Notes
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Contributors
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 15, 2012.
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2729510
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 14863015
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 684205
Curator for this page: Barry Hutchins. Date last reviewed: 12/30/1899
