Cantherhines macrocerus American whitespotted filefish

Cantherhines macrocerus is commonly referred to as American whitespotted filefish. Difficulty in the aquarium: There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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Scientific:: Cantherhines macrocerus
German:: Amerikanischer Weißflecken-Feilenfisch
English:: American Whitespotted Filefish

Category:: Vijlvissen

Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Tetraodontiformes (Order) > Monacanthidae (Family) > Cantherhines (Genus) > macrocerus (Species)
Initial determination:: (Hollard, ), 1853

Occurrence:: Barbados, Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Aruba, Ascencion, St. Helena & Tristan da Cunha, Belize, Bermuda, Brazil, British Virgin Islands, Cuba, Curacao, Dominica, Dominican Republic, East-Atlantic Ocean, Florida, Grenada, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Martinique, Montserrat, Puerto Rico, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Sierra Leone, The Bahamas, the Cape Verde Archipelago, the Caribbean, the Cayman Islands, The Gulf of Guinea, the Netherlands Antilles, Trinidad and Tobago, Turks and Caicos Islands, USA, Virgin Islands, U.S., West-Atlantic Ocean
Marine Zone:: Subtidal, sublittoral, infralittoral, deep zone of the oceans from the lower limit of the intertidal zone (intertidal) to the shelf edge at about 200 m water depth. neritic.
Sea depth:: 2 - 40 Meter
Habitats:: Coral reefs, Lagoons, Reef-associated, Seawater, Sea water, Stony soils
Size:: up to 18.11" (46 cm)
Temperature:: 24,9 °F - 82.4 °F (24,9°C - 28°C)
Food:: Algae (Algivore), Coral polyps = corallivorous, Sponges, Zoanthids
Difficulty:: There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully
Offspring:: Not available as offspring
Toxicity:: Toxic hazard unknown

CITES:

Not evaluated

Red List:

Least concern (LC)

Related species at Catalog of Life:

Author:: Meerwasser-Lexikon Team
Publisher:: Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:: 2010-06-26 05:57:48
Last edit:: 2024-10-28 16:00:37

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(Hollard, 1853)

Cantherhines macrocerus, also called White-spotted filefish can be found in the tropical waters of the western Atlantic and Caribbean, mostly in pairs in outer reef, less often in lagoons or river deltas.

Like all file fish, he has a "diamond-shaped“ body, his color varies greatly and is different from fish to fish, the basic color is usually yellow-green to light gray with numerous white spots all over. Adult females are usually predominantly blue colored whit less white spots, the older they get the more they lose their spotted pattern.

The White-spotted filefish feeds mainly on sponges and algae, but unfortunately there are coral polyps and other small invertebrates also on its menu. Feeding on Palythoa caribaeorum.

Synonyms:
Cantherhines macroceros (Hollard, 1853)
Cantherines macrocerus (Hollard, 1853)
Monacanthus macrocerus Hollard, 1853