Florent's Guide To The

Tropical Reefs

Whitespotted Filefish
Cantherhines macrocerus
Whitespotted Filefish
Category: Filefishes
Scientific Name: Cantherhines macrocerus
Size: 10 to 15 in. (25 to 38 cm)  
Depth: 20-70 ft. (6-21 m)
Distribution: Caribbean, Bahamas, Florida, Bermuda, Gulf of America
Chordata (Phylum) Chordates
└Vertebrata (Subphylum) Vertebrates
 └Osteichthyes (Parvphylum) Bony Fishes
  └Actinopterygii (Gigaclass) Ray-Finned Fish
   └Teleostei (Class) Teleosts
    └Tetraodontiformes (Order)
     └Balistoidei (Suborder)
      └Monacanthidae (Family) Filefishes
       └Cantherhines (Genus)
        └C. macrocerus (Species)
WoRMS ID: 276250🔗
iNaturalist ID: 129656🔗

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