Pervagor janthinosoma (Bleeker, 1854) is a animal in the Monacanthidae family, order Tetraodontiformes, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.

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Pervagor janthinosoma (Bleeker, 1854)

Pervagor janthinosoma (Bleeker, 1854)

The blackbar filefish (Pervagor janthinosoma) is a Monacanthidae fish found in the tropical Indo-Pacific.

Family
Genus
Pervagor
Order
Tetraodontiformes
Class

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.

Photo: (c) Mark Rosenstein, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Mark Rosenstein · cc-by-nc

Taxonomy

Animalia Chordata Tetraodontiformes Monacanthidae Pervagor

More from Monacanthidae

Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer

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