Blackbar filefish
Pervagor janthinosoma
- Usual depth3–23 m
- Water temperature18–29 °C
- Best monthsApril and May
- How commonOccasional
About this species
The blackbar filefish is a fish in the family Monacanthidae. It is found in the tropical Indo-Pacific from the coast of east Africa to Samoa, north to southern Japan and south to New South Wales and Tonga.
Text from the Wikipedia article “Pervagor janthinosoma”, 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: 32 records
- February: 34 records
- March: 59 records
- April: 103 records
- May: 65 records
- June: 53 records
- July: 45 records
- August: 36 records
- September: 38 records
- October: 36 records
- November: 31 records
- December: 18 records
Depth and water temperature
Depth
Mostly recorded at 3–23 m · Deepest record: 234.3 m
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 18–29 °C
Names and classification
- English
- Blackbar filefish, blackbar filefish, Ear-spot Filefish, Gill-blotch Leatherjacket, Gillblotch Leatherjacket, Red-tailed Leatherjacket, Redtail Leatherjacket
Names in 3 more languages
- French
- Poisson-lime à queue orange
- Japanese
- Nishikikawahagi, ニシキカワハギ
- Simplified Chinese
- 紅尾前角單棘魨, 紅尾前角魨, 黑帶皮剝魨, 黑帶砲彈
Other scientific names: Monacanthus janthinosoma, Monacanthus nitens, Pervagor janthinasoma, Pervagor scanleni
Similar species
- Orangetail filefish
Pervagor aspricaudus
- Redtail filefish
Pervagor melanocephalus
- Black-lined Filefish
Pervagor nigrolineatus
LeatherjacketAluterus monoceros
Scrawled filefishAluterus scriptus
Broom filefishAmanses 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).
- 918 open-data records from 1827 to 2023.
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