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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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