Florent's Guide To The

Tropical Reefs

Fringed Filefish
Fringed Filefish
Scientific Name: Monacanthus ciliatus
Family: Monacanthidae
Category: Filefishes
Size: Up to 5 in. (12 cm)  
Depth: 10-60 ft. (3-18 m)
Distribution: Florida, Bahamas, Caribbean, Gulf of Mexico

Odd-Shaped Swimmers
Filefishes

Fringed Filefish

Slender Filefish

Longnose Filefish

Mimic Filefish (Juvenile)

Mimic Filefish

Orangetail Filefish

Blackheaded Filefish

Fantail Filefish

Rhino Filefish

Strapweed Filefish

Scrawled Filefish

Yelloweye Filefish

Spectacled Filefish

Whitespotted Filefish

Whitespotted Filefish (Orange variation)

Wirenet Filefish

Orangespotted Filefish



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