Cantherhines

Cantherhines
Cantherhines macrocerus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Tetraodontiformes
Family: Monacanthidae
Genus: Cantherhines
Swainson, 1839

Cantherhines is a genus of filefishes.

Species

There are currently 11 recognized species in this genus:[1]

Species Common name Image
Cantherhines cerinus

J. E. Randall, 2011

Cantherhines dumerilii

Hollard, 1854

whitespotted filefish
Cantherhines fronticinctus

Günther, 1867

spectacled filefish
Cantherhines longicaudus

Hutchins & J. E. Randall, 1982

Cantherhines macrocerus

Hollard, 1853

American whitespotted filefish
Cantherhines nukuhiva

J. E. Randall, 2011

Cantherhines pardalis

Rüppell, 1837

honeycomb filefish
Cantherhines pullus

Ranzani, 1842

orange-spotted filefish
Cantherhines rapanui

F. de Buen, 1963

Rapanui filefish
Cantherhines sandwichiensis

Quoy & Gaimard, 1824

Sandwich Isle file
Cantherhines verecundus

E. K. Jordan, 1925

shy filefish

References

  1. ^ Matsuura, K. (2014). "Taxonomy and systematics of tetraodontiform fishes: a review focusing primarily on progress in the period from 1980 to 2014". Ichthyological Research, 62 (1): 72-113.