Florent's Guide To The Hawaiian, South Pacific and

Indo-Pacific Reefs

Puffer Filefish - Juvenile
Brachaluteres taylori
Puffer Filefish
Category: Filefishes
Scientific Name: Brachaluteres taylori
Distribution: Indonesia, Philippines, Malaysia, Micronesia, Papua New Guinea
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
       └Brachaluteres (Genus)
        └B. taylori (Species)
WoRMS ID: 279952🔗
iNaturalist ID: 474555🔗

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