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Pervagor janthinosoma (Bleeker, 1854) is a animal in the Monacanthidae family, order Tetraodontiformes, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.

Photo of Pervagor janthinosoma (Bleeker, 1854) (Pervagor janthinosoma (Bleeker, 1854))
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Pervagor janthinosoma (Bleeker, 1854)

Pervagor janthinosoma (Bleeker, 1854)

The blackbar filefish (Pervagor janthinosoma) is a Monacanthidae fish found in the tropical Indo-Pacific.

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Family
Genus
Pervagor
Order
Tetraodontiformes
Class

About Pervagor janthinosoma (Bleeker, 1854)

Taxonomic History

Pervagor janthinosoma was first described by Bleeker in 1854.

Common Name and Classification

Commonly known as the blackbar filefish, this species is a member of the filefish family Monacanthidae.

Native Range

Its native range covers the tropical Indo-Pacific region, extending from the eastern African coast eastward to Samoa, northward to southern Japan, and southward to New South Wales and Tonga.

Photo: (c) Mark Rosenstein, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Mark Rosenstein · cc-by-nc

Taxonomy

Animalia Chordata Tetraodontiformes Monacanthidae Pervagor

More from Monacanthidae

Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer

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