Barred filefish

Cantherhines dumerilii

Fish
IUCN: Least concern

Usual depth5–23 m
Water temperature19–29 °C
Best monthsMarch, April, and July
How commonOccasional

Photo credit: (c) Georgina Jones, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), uploaded by Georgina Jones · CC BY-SA · iNaturalist

About this species

Cantherhines dumerilii is a species of fish in the family Monacanthidae, the filefishes. Its common names include whitespotted filefish, barred filefish, orange-fin file, yelloweye leatherjacket, and vagabond filefish. It is distributed in the Indian and Pacific Oceans where it is found on coral reefs.

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Where and when

Where it has been recorded

Worldwide

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Best months

Worldwide (open data)

January: 154 records
February: 214 records
March: 322 records
April: 433 records
May: 231 records
June: 244 records
July: 314 records
August: 258 records
September: 239 records
October: 202 records
November: 118 records
December: 108 records

Depth and water temperature

Depth

Mostly recorded at 5–23 m · Deepest record: 600 m

0–10 m: 482 records
10–20 m: 702 records
20–30 m: 262 records
30–40 m: 12 records
40–50 m: 4 records
50–60 m: 0 records
60–70 m: 0 records
70–80 m: 0 records
80–90 m: 0 records
90–100 m: 0 records
100–110 m: 0 records
110+ m: 1 records

Water temperature

Recorded in surface water of 19–29 °C

18–20 °C: 1 records
20–22 °C: 2 records
22–24 °C: 23 records
24–26 °C: 177 records
26–28 °C: 124 records
28–30 °C: 283 records

Photos

(c) Wensen Wang, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Carlos Domínguez-Rodríguez, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
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(c) Alberto Alcalá, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Alberto Alcalá, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Carlos Domínguez-Rodríguez, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Nick Tobler (Cowturtle), some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist

Names and classification

English: Barred filefish, barred filefish, Barred Filefish, Barred Filefish, Whitespotted filefish, whitespotted filefish, Yelloweye Leatherjacket

Names in 3 more languages

Spanish: Cachúa Blanca Nieves, lija vagabunda
French: Arbalétrier Gris, Bourse à taches blanches, Lime Beige, Monacanthe Rayé, Poisson-lime strié
Japanese: Hakuseihagi, ハクセイハギ

Other scientific names: Amanses carolae, Cantherhines albopunctatus, Cantherhines carolae, Cantherhines dumerili, Cantherhines howensis, Cantherines carolae, Cantherines dumerilii, Cantherinus dumerili, Monacanthus albopunctatus, Monacanthus dumerilii, Monacanthus howensis

Similar species

Honeycomb filefish
Cantherhines pardalis
Sandwich Isle file
Cantherhines sandwichiensis
Spectacled filefish
Cantherhines fronticinctus
Leatherjacket
Aluterus monoceros
Scrawled filefish
Aluterus scriptus
Broom filefish
Amanses scopas

Sources and credits

Names and taxonomy: WoRMS (CC BY 4.0) and the GBIF Backbone (CC BY 4.0). Photos: iNaturalist observers, each under the licence shown (CC0, CC BY or CC BY-SA).

Depth, temperature, months and maps: records from OBIS and GBIF under CC0 or CC BY.
Descriptions: Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA, each linked to its article.
Conservation status as published by GBIF (IUCN Red List).
2,172 open-data records from 1854 to 2024.
Species data updated October 26, 2026.

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