Florent's Guide To The

Hawaii Reefs

Fantail Filefish
Pervagor spilosoma
Fantail Filefish
Category: Filefishes
Scientific Name: Pervagor spilosoma
Size: Up to 7 in. (17 cm)  
Depth: 20-300 ft. (6-90 m)
Distribution: Hawaii (Endemic)
Chordata (Phylum)
└Osteichthyes (Parvphylum)
 └Actinopterygii (Gigaclass)
  └Actinopteri (Superclass)
   └Teleostei (Class)
    └Tetraodontiformes (Order)
     └Monacanthidae (Family)
      └Pervagor (Genus)
       └P. spilosoma (Species)

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Filefishes

Fantail Filefish

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