Florent's Guide To The Hawaiian, South Pacific and

Indo-Pacific Reefs

Mimic Filefish
Paraluteres prionurus
Mimic Filefish
Also known as: Blacksaddle Filefish, Blacksaddle Mimic, False Puffer
Category: Filefishes
Scientific Name: Paraluteres prionurus
Size: 2 to 4 in. (5 to 10 cm)  
Depth: 3-80 ft. (1-25 m)
Distribution: Indo-Pacific, Great Barrier Reef, Fiji
Mimic the Black-Saddled Toby, Canthigaster valentini
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
       └Paraluteres (Genus)
        └P. prionurus (Species)
WoRMS ID: 220065🔗
iNaturalist ID: 196904🔗

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