A branch of the living world.
110,000 accepted animal species, linked through classification, synonyms, distributions and source literature.
These attributed records come from Catalogue of Life, 2026-09-11. Detail varies; they are not all fully researched, illustrated articles. Browse researched folklore and fiction.
Matches documented source distribution records. Geographic coverage is incomplete.
Family: Monacanthidae · Clear filter
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Paramonacanthus nipponensis (Kamohara, 1939) | MonacanthidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Paramonacanthus oblongus (Temminck & Schlegel, 1850) | MonacanthidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Paramonacanthus otisensis Whitley, 1931 | MonacanthidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Paramonacanthus pusillus (Rüppell, 1829) | MonacanthidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Paramonacanthus sulcatus (Hollard, 1854) | MonacanthidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Paramonacanthus tricuspis (Hollard, 1854) | MonacanthidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Pervagor alternans (Ogilby, 1899) | MonacanthidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| orangetail filefishPervagor aspricaudus (Hollard, 1854) | MonacanthidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| blackbar filefishPervagor janthinosoma (Bleeker, 1854) | MonacanthidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Pervagor marginalis Hutchins, 1986 | MonacanthidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| redtail filefishPervagor melanocephalus (Bleeker, 1853) | MonacanthidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Pervagor nigrolineatus (Herre, 1927) | MonacanthidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Pervagor randalli Hutchins, 1986 | MonacanthidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Pervagor spilosoma (Lay & Bennett, 1839) | MonacanthidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| rhinoceros leatherjacketPseudalutarius nasicornis (Temminck & Schlegel, 1850) | MonacanthidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Pseudomonacanthus elongatus Fraser-Brunner, 1940 | MonacanthidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Pseudomonacanthus macrurus (Bleeker, 1856) | MonacanthidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Pseudomonacanthus peroni (Hollard, 1854) | MonacanthidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Rudarius ercodes Jordan & Fowler, 1902 | MonacanthidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Rudarius excelsus Hutchins, 1977 | MonacanthidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Rudarius minutus Tyler, 1970 | MonacanthidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Scobinichthys granulatus (White, 1790) | MonacanthidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| porkyStephanolepis aurata (Castelnau, 1861) | MonacanthidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| File fishStephanolepis cirrhifer (Temminck & Schlegel, 1850) | MonacanthidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Stephanolepis diaspros Fraser-Brunner, 1940 | MonacanthidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Stephanolepis hispida (Linnaeus, 1766) | MonacanthidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| pygmy filefishStephanolepis setifer (Bennett, 1831) | MonacanthidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Thamnaconus analis (Waite, 1904) | MonacanthidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Thamnaconus degeni (Regan, 1903) | MonacanthidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| spotted filefishThamnaconus fajardoi Smith, 1953 | MonacanthidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Thamnaconus fijiensis Hutchins & Matsuura, 1984 | MonacanthidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Thamnaconus garretti (Fowler, 1928) | MonacanthidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Thamnaconus hypargyreus (Cope, 1871) | MonacanthidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Thamnaconus melanoproctes (Boulenger, 1889) | MonacanthidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| modest filefishThamnaconus modestoides (Barnard, 1927) | MonacanthidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Black scraperThamnaconus modestus (Günther, 1877) | MonacanthidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Thamnaconus multilineatus (Tanaka, 1918) | MonacanthidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Thamnaconus paschalis (Regan, 1913) | MonacanthidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Thamnaconus septentrionalis (Günther, 1874) | MonacanthidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Thamnaconus striatus (Kotthaus, 1979) | MonacanthidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Thamnaconus tessellatus (Günther, 1880) | MonacanthidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
Source and selection
Bánki, O., Roskov, Y., Döring, M., Ower, G., Hernández Robles, D. R., Plata Corredor, C. A., Stjernegaard Jeppesen, T., Örn, A., Pape, T., Hobern, D., Garnett, S., Little, H., DeWalt, R. E., Miller, J., Orrell, T., Aalbu, R., Abbott, J., Aedo, C., Aescht, E., et al. (2026). Catalogue of Life (Version 2026-09-11). Catalogue of Life Foundation, Amsterdam, Netherlands. https://doi.org/10.48580/dgz5n
First records in source order under phylum quotas, then source-order overflow if a quota is short. This is a selective snapshot. Source name strings can include author names, which are also searchable.