Faintstripe Filefish

Paramonacanthus pusillus

Fish
IUCN: Least concern

Usual depth5–84 m
Water temperature20–30 °C
Best monthsApril, May, and June
How commonRare

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About this species

Paramonacanthus is a genus of filefishes native to the Indian and Pacific Oceans.

Text from the Wikipedia article “Paramonacanthus”, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Read the article

Where and when

Where it has been recorded

Worldwide

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Best months

Worldwide (open data)

January: 2 records
February: 5 records
March: 5 records
April: 10 records
May: 13 records
June: 14 records
July: 0 records
August: 1 records
September: 5 records
October: 6 records
November: 2 records
December: 3 records

Depth and water temperature

Depth

Mostly recorded at 5–84 m · Deepest record: 646.5 m

0–10 m: 4 records
10–20 m: 1 records
20–30 m: 1 records
30–40 m: 1 records
40–50 m: 3 records
50–60 m: 2 records
60–70 m: 6 records
70–80 m: 3 records
80–90 m: 2 records
90–100 m: 1 records
100–110 m: 0 records
110+ m: 1 records

Water temperature

Recorded in surface water of 20–30 °C

20–22 °C: 6 records
22–24 °C: 6 records
24–26 °C: 25 records
26–28 °C: 18 records
28–30 °C: 16 records

Names and classification

English: Faintstripe Filefish, Japanese Leatherjacket, Sinhalese Leatherjacket

Names in 2 more languages

Japanese: Tsuranagahagi, ツラナガハギ
Simplified Chinese: 剝皮魚, 布希勒副單棘魨, 布希勒副單角魨

Other scientific names: Laputa cingalensis, Laputa umgazi, Monacanthus pusillus, Paramonacanthus cingalensis, Paramonacanthus falcatus, Pseudomonacanthus pusillus, Rudarius virgulatus

Similar species

Hair-finned Leatherjacket
Paramonacanthus choirocephalus
Paramonacanthus cryptodon
Hairfinned leatherjacket
Paramonacanthus japonicus
Estuary Filefish
Paramonacanthus tricuspis
Leatherjacket
Aluterus monoceros
Scrawled filefish
Aluterus scriptus

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).
149 open-data records from 1829 to 2023.

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