Monacanthidae

63 species in this family

The Monacanthidae family includes 63 species in the guide. Browse them all below with photos, identification details and distribution — and identify them in the field with the Fin's Fish Guide app.

Acreichthys hajam

Acreichthys hajam

Monacanthidae

American whitespotted filefish

Cantherhines macrocerus

Monacanthidae

Banded leather-jacket

Acreichthys tomentosus

Monacanthidae

Barbelled leatherjacket

Anacanthus barbatus

Monacanthidae

Barred filefish

Cantherhines dumerilii

Monacanthidae

Batfish

Aluterus monoceros

Monacanthidae

Beaked leatherjacket

Oxymonacanthus longirostris

Monacanthidae

Beautiful leatherjacket

Meuschenia venusta

Monacanthidae

Black scraper

Thamnaconus modestus

Monacanthidae

Blackbar filefish

Pervagor janthinosoma

Monacanthidae

Blackhead filefish

Pervagor melanocephalus

Monacanthidae

Blacklined filefish

Pervagor nigrolineatus

Monacanthidae

Blacksaddle filefish

Paraluteres prionurus

Monacanthidae

Blackstriped filefish

Paramonacanthus pusillus

Monacanthidae

Bluefin leatherjacket

Thamnaconus degeni

Monacanthidae

Bluespotted leatherjacket

Eubalichthys caeruleoguttatus

Monacanthidae

Bridled leatherjacket

Acanthaluteres spilomelanurus

Monacanthidae

Broom filefish

Amanses scopas

Monacanthidae

Brown leather-jacket

Cantherhines pardalis

Monacanthidae

Centre board leatherjacket

Monacanthus chinensis

Monacanthidae

Chinaman

Nelusetta ayraud

Monacanthidae

Cream fish

Meuschenia scaber

Monacanthidae

Cryptic filefish

Paramonacanthus japonicus

Monacanthidae

Cuckold

Cantherhines pullus

Monacanthidae

Deep-bodied leatherjacket

Eubalichthys mosaicus

Monacanthidae

Diamond filefish

Rudarius excelsus

Monacanthidae

Dotterel filefish

Aluterus heudelotii

Monacanthidae

Estuary filefish

Paramonacanthus tricuspis

Monacanthidae

Fantail filefish

Pervagor spilosoma

Monacanthidae

Fourspine leatherjacket

Eubalichthys quadrispinis

Monacanthidae

Freycinet's leatherjacket

Meuschenia freycineti

Monacanthidae

Fringed filefish

Monacanthus ciliatus

Monacanthidae

Golden filefish

Stephanolepis auratus

Monacanthidae

Grooved filefish

Paramonacanthus sulcatus

Monacanthidae

Hair-finned filefish

Paramonacanthus oblongus

Monacanthidae

Hiddentooth filefish

Paramonacanthus cryptodon

Monacanthidae

Horse-shoe leatherjacket

Meuschenia hippocrepis

Monacanthidae

Largescale leatherjacket

Cantheschenia grandisquamis

Monacanthidae

Leatherjacket

Stephanolepis setifer

Monacanthidae

Leatherjacket

Pseudalutarius nasicornis

Monacanthidae

Lesser-spotted leatherjacket

Thamnaconus hypargyreus

Monacanthidae

Minute filefish

Rudarius minutus

Monacanthidae

Modest filefish

Thamnaconus modestoides

Monacanthidae

Orange filefish

Aluterus schoepfii

Monacanthidae

Paxman's filefish

Colurodontis paxmani

Monacanthidae

Pig-faced leather jacket

Paramonacanthus choirocephalus

Monacanthidae

Planehead filefish

Stephanolepis hispidus

Monacanthidae

Pygmy leatherjacket

Brachaluteres jacksonianus

Monacanthidae

Rough leatherjacket

Scobinichthys granulatus

Monacanthidae

Sandwich isle file

Cantherhines sandwichiensis

Monacanthidae

Scrawled filefish

Aluterus scriptus

Monacanthidae

Shortsnout filefish

Paramonacanthus curtorhynchos

Monacanthidae

Slender Fiiefish

Monacanthus tuckeri

Monacanthidae

Strapweed filefish

Pseudomonacanthus macrurus

Monacanthidae

Tasselled leatherjacket

Chaetodermis penicilligerus

Monacanthidae

Threadfin filefish

Paramonacanthus nematophorus

Monacanthidae

Threadsail filefish

Stephanolepis cirrhifer

Monacanthidae

Threadtail filefish

Arotrolepis filicauda

Monacanthidae

Toothbrush leatherjacket

Acanthaluteres vittiger

Monacanthidae

Velvet cuskeel

Lalmohania velutina

Monacanthidae

Whitespotted pygmy filefish

Rudarius ercodes

Monacanthidae

Yellow-striped leatherjacket

Meuschenia flavolineata

Monacanthidae

Yellowtail filefish

Thamnaconus analis

Monacanthidae