File fish
Stephanolepis cirrhifer (Temminck & Schlegel, 1850)
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
ja:カワハギ en:Thread-sail filefish Species Stephanolepis cirrhifer Familia Monacanthidae Source http://opencage.info/pics/large_7699.asp Location Suma Aqualife Park, japan Other photos; http://opencage.info/pics/Stephanolepis_cirrhifer.asp NCBI Taxonomy ID:143348 Copyright OpenCage
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Open encyclopedia reference
Stephanolepis cirrhifer, commonly known as the thread-sail filefish, is a species of marine fish in the family Monacanthidae. It is found in the western Pacific, in an area that ranges from northern Japan to the East China Sea, to Korea. The fish grows to a maximum length of about 12 inches (30 centimetres), and consumes both plant material and small marine organisms like skeleton shrimp. S. cirrhifer is host of the parasite Peniculus minuticaudae. Some minor genetic differentiation between S. cirrhifer born in the wild and those bred in a hatchery for consumer use has been shown. The fish is edible and sold commercially for culinary purposes in many Asian countries.
Wikipedia contributors, Stephanolepis cirrhifer; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T02:45:41.965896+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Stephanolepis cirrhifer (Temminck & Schlegel, 1850)
- Name authority
- (Temminck & Schlegel, 1850)
- Common name
- File fish
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Teleostei
- Order
- Tetraodontiformes
- Family
- Monacanthidae
- Genus
- Stephanolepis
- Extinction status
- Not supplied by this source
Source habitat flags: Marine: yes · Freshwater: no · Terrestrial: no. These do not form a complete habitat description.
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- subphylumVertebrata
- infraphylumGnathostomata
- parvphylumOsteichthyes
- gigaclassActinopterygii
- superclassActinopteri
- classTeleostei
- orderTetraodontiformes
- suborderBalistoidei
- familyMonacanthidae Nardo, 1843
- genusStephanolepis Gill, 1861
- speciesStephanolepis cirrhifer (Temminck & Schlegel, 1850)
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Stephanolepis. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| porkyStephanolepis aurata (Castelnau, 1861) | 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 |
| Stephanolepis diaspros Fraser-Brunner, 1940 | MonacanthidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
Names & synonyms
Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.
| Recorded name | Source status |
|---|---|
| Monacanthus cirrhifer Temminck & Schlegel, 1850 Temminck & Schlegel, 1850 | synonym |
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=275247 Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:52CCR. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.