Fish Identification: Find Species

Class: Teleostei
Order: Tetraodontiformes
Family: Monacanthidae Filefishes

Genus: Paraluteres

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Photo by Field, R.

Indian Ocean.

Paraluteres arqat Clark & Gohar, 1953

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Paraluteres arqat
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Photo by Malaer, P.

Indo-Pacific
Max. Length 11 cm TL
Paraluteres prionurus (Bleeker, 1851)

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Paraluteres prionurus
[False puffer]


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Scientific Name English Name Distribution Max. Length (cm) Year
Paraluteres arqat Indian Ocean. 1953
Paraluteres prionurus False puffer Indo-Pacific 11 TL 1851



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