About Pervagor janthinosoma (Bleeker, 1854)
Pervagor janthinosoma was first described by Bleeker in 1854. Commonly known as the blackbar filefish, this species is a member of the filefish family Monacanthidae. Its native range covers the tropical Indo-Pacific region, extending from the eastern African coast eastward to Samoa, northward to southern Japan, and southward to New South Wales and Tonga.