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GBIF·2406917speciesAnimalia2,955 occurrence records
  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. ›phylumChordata
  3. ›orderTetraodontiformes
  4. ›familyMonacanthidae
  5. ›genusOxymonacanthus
Oxymonacanthus longirostris
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IUCN VU · Vulnerable

Harlequin filefish

Oxymonacanthus longirostris (Bloch & Schneider, 1801)

Also calledBourse Arlequin (fra) · Cá bò xanh hoa đỏ (vie) · Harlekin-Feilenfisch (deu) · Kerosok padi (msa) · Langsnudet filfisk (dan) · Lime à Taches Oranges (fra) · Orangepunkt-Feilenfisch (deu) · Palettenfeilenfisch (deu) · Palettenstachler (deu) · Peix llima nas de pipa de l'Indopacífic (cat) · Peixe-porco-arlequim-do-Pacífico (por) · Pesce lima dal rostro (ita) · Poisson Lime à Taches Oranges (fra) · Poisson-lime à taches orange (fra)

Descriptions from checklists and floras indexed by GBIF

distribution

Distribution and habitat. New Ireland: 2. — General distribution: East Africa, Madagascar and Mascarenes east to Samoa, north to Ryukyu and Ogasawara islands, south to southern Great Barrier Reef (Australia), Lord Howe Island, New Caledonia and Tonga. Fond in clear lagoon and seaward reefs with live Acropora corals, 1 – 30 m depth. Marine.

Checklist of the marine and estuarine fishes of New Ireland Province, Papua New Guinea, western Pacific Ocean, with 810 new records

materials_examined

Status at New Ireland. First recorded from New Ireland by Allen & Erdmann (2012: 512). A specimen photographed at Lissenung Island, Kavieng District, 4 m depth, by Dean Tully on 26 Sept. 2015.

Checklist of the marine and estuarine fishes of New Ireland Province, Papua New Guinea, western Pacific Ocean, with 810 new records

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Where it has been recorded

Recorded sightings

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From the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and occurrence records (GBIF.org), with Wikipedia and the Source Library. GBIF species 2406917.