guamreeflife

filefishes (Monacanthidae)

10 Mariana Islands species out of 11 reported | 18 Indo-Pacific species | 3 Western Atlantic species

Mariana Islands species are displayed by default. Click on the tags below to view additional species.


Note: While Amanses scopas and Pseudolutarias nasicornis have been reported from the Mariana Islands, the individuals above were photographed in the Philippines and Indonesia, respectively. I have not yet photographed A. scopas in the Marianas, and I haven’t yet observed P. nasicornis in the Marianas.

Additional filefish species reported from the Mariana Islands by Myers and Donaldson (2003):