Monacanthidae

Patankar, Vardhan, Paranjape, Akhila, Tyabji, Zoya, Wagh, Tanmay & Marathe, Aniruddha, 2018, Occurrence and distribution of tetraodontiform fishes of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India, Check List 14 (3), pp. 529-537 : 533

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.15560/14.3.529
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03FA8E50-FF93-FF9B-FCCF-F983FB34512E
treatment provided by	Marcus
scientific name	Monacanthidae
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Family Monacanthidae View in CoL View at ENA

Oxymonacanthus longirostris (Bloch & Schneider, 1801) Figure 3A View Figure 3

Observed 2 individuals from Cabra Island in the Nicobar archipelago. Body blue-green with rows of orange spots; tail with prominent black spot; snout elon- gate, with mouth small and upturned.

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Taxonomy

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Chordata
Class	Actinopterygii
Order	Tetraodontiformes
Family	Monacanthidae

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