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)

Oxymonacanthus longirostris (Bloch & Schneider)
(Long-nosed Filefish; Hagon Faha)
SL: to 8 cm (photo: 6 cm SL, Luminao Reef, I m)

The Long-nosed Filefish is a common inhabitant of both protected and exposed reefs from 0.5 to at least 30 m, particularly where Acropora corals are abundant.  It feeds almost exclusively on coral polyps which it extracts with its long, pointed snout.  It is usually encountered in pairs or in small groups.

INDO-PACIFIC: Red Sea to Samoa, n. to Okinawa, s. to New Caledonia and Tonga.