Fringed Filefish
Monacanthus ciliatus
Category: Reef Fish
IUCN Conservation Status: LC - Least Concern - species is widespread and abundant, not currently at risk of extinction
Taxonomy
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Teleostei
- Order
- Tetraodontiformes
- Family
- Monacanthidae
- Genus
- Monacanthus
Where to Find
Found in 48 diving areas across 27 countries and 4 regions.
- Sandy Island, Anguilla - 2 records
- Antigua South Coast, Antigua & Barbuda - 2 records
- Abaco, Bahamas - 14 records
- Andros, Bahamas - 6 records
- Bimini, Bahamas - 60 records
- Eleuthera & Harbour Island, Bahamas - 5 records
- Exuma Cays, Bahamas - 7 records
- Long Island, Bahamas - 5 records
- Nassau & New Providence, Bahamas - 30 records
- North Shore, Bermuda - 7 records
- Klein Bonaire, Bonaire - 1 records
- Salt Island & Cooper Island, British Virgin Islands - 65 records
- Virgin Gorda & Anegada, British Virgin Islands - 65 records
- Jardines de la Reina, Cuba - 19 records
- Curaçao Southeast, Curaçao - 2 records
- Cabrits & Northern Coast, Dominica - 1 records
- Soufriere-Scotts Head Marine Reserve, Dominica - 2 records
- Bayahibe & La Romana, Dominican Republic - 2 records
- Sosua & Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic - 5 records
- Cousteau Reserve, Guadeloupe - 3 records
- Negril, Jamaica - 1 records
- Ocho Rios, Jamaica - 2 records
- Diamond Rock, Martinique - 5 records
- Saint-Pierre, Martinique - 2 records
- Fajardo & East Coast, Puerto Rico - 6 records
- La Parguera, Puerto Rico - 3 records
- Rincon & West Coast, Puerto Rico - 3 records
- St. Kitts, St. Kitts & Nevis - 4 records
- Anse La Raye, St. Lucia - 4 records
- Soufriere & The Pitons, St. Lucia - 4 records
- St. Croix, US Virgin Islands - 38 records
- St. Thomas & St. John, US Virgin Islands - 66 records
- Ambergris Caye, Belize - 9 records
- Lighthouse Reef, Belize - 52 records
- Turneffe Atoll, Belize - 3 records
- Caribbean Coast, Guatemala - 48 records
- Roatán, Honduras - 2 records
- Utila, Honduras - 51 records
- Corn Islands, Nicaragua - 5 records
- New Brunswick & Bay of Fundy, Canada - 1 records
- Yucatán Cenotes, Mexico - 6 records
- Florida Keys, United States - 60 records
- Florida Springs, United States - 58 records
- Salvador & Bahia, Brazil - 2 records
- Malpelo Island, Colombia - 52 records
- Santa Marta & Tayrona, Colombia - 36 records
- Los Roques Archipelago, Venezuela - 3 records
- Morrocoy & Chichiriviche, Venezuela - 1 records