Guide to the Coastal Resources of Guam: Vol. 1
THE FISHES

Steven S. AMESBURY                   Robert F. MYERS

DEDICATION

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

TABLE OF CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION

ZOOGEOGRAPHY

ECOLOGY

BIOLOGY AND BEHAVIOR

VALUE OF FISH RESOURCES

CONSERVATION AND MANAGEMENT

DANGEROUS MARINE FISHES

HOW TO USE THIS BOOK

BIBLIOGRAPHY

SPECIES INDEX

CHAMORRO NAMES

MONACANTHIDAE (FILEFISHES)

Filefishes are closely related to triggerfishes but differ from them by having a single spine on top of the head, located over the eye, and by having smaller, prickly scales, giving their skin a sandpaperlike or file-like texture.

Cantherhines dumerilii (Hollard)
Oxymonacanthus longirostris (Bloch & Schneider)
Paraluteres prionurus (Bleeker)

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