Broom filefish
| Broom filefish | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Tetraodontiformes |
| Family: | Monacanthidae |
| Genus: | Amanses |
| Species: | A. scopas
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| Binomial name | |
| Amanses scopas (G. Cuvier, 1829)
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Amanses scopas, also known as the broom filefish, is a filefish, the only extant species in the genus Amanses of the family Monacanthidae. It is also called brush-sided leatherjacket in Australia or broom leatherjacket in Christmas Island.[2]
The broom filefish is a harmless tropical reef fish from the Red Sea and the Indo-Pacific oceans, growing to a length of 20 cm (7.9 in). The body is brown with up to 12 narrow dark brown crossbars, the caudal fin is dark brown, and the soft dorsal, anal and pectoral fins are pale. Males have numerous long spines in front of the caudal peduncle, and females similarly have a toothbrush-like mass of setae in the same location.
They occur in areas of mixed sand, rubble, and coral heads of semi-protected seaward reefs.
Gallery
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In Indonesia
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In Indonesia
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In the Red Sea
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With extended dorsal spine
References
- ^ Matsuura, K.; Motomura, H. (2017) [errata version of 2016 assessment]. "Amanses scopas". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016 e.T69921994A115473829. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-1.RLTS.T69921994A70010070.en. Retrieved 28 November 2025.
- ^ 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.
External links
- Photos of Broom filefish in the Sealife Collection