Redtail Filefish

Pervagor melanocephalus

Classification

Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Tetraodontiformes
Family: Monacanthidae

Pervagor melanocephalus is a filefish from the Indo-West Pacific. It occasionally makes its way into the aquarium trade. It grows to a size of 16 cm (6.

Distribution

Redtail Filefish — (c) Ditch Townsend, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA) · CC-BY-SA

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Countries in the Picchu catalog

France · 8

Sources and credits

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