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Monacanthidae 
Taxonomic Serial No.: 203428

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Family  
  Synonym(s):    
  Common Name(s): filefishes [English]
  
    lijas [Spanish]
  
    poissons-bourses [French]
  
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: valid  
       
  Data Quality Indicators:    
  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
  Global Species Completeness: complete   
  Latest Record Review: 2017   
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomDeuterostomia   
          PhylumChordata  – cordés, cordado, chordates  
             SubphylumVertebrata  – vertebrado, vertébrés, vertebrates  
                InfraphylumGnathostomata   
                   SuperclassActinopterygii  – ray-finned fishes, spiny rayed fishes, poisson épineux, poissons à nageoires rayonnées  
                      ClassTeleostei   
                         SuperorderAcanthopterygii   
                            OrderTetraodontiformes  – leatherjackets, cowfishes, filefishes, puffers, triggerfishes, trunkfishes, balistes, poissons-coffres, poissons-globes  
                               SuborderBalistoidei  – filefishes, leatherjackets, triggerfishes  
                                  FamilyMonacanthidae  – filefishes, lijas, poissons-bourses  
    Direct Children:  
                                     Genus Acanthaluteres Bleeker, 1865  
                                     Genus Acreichthys Fraser-Brunner, 1941  
                                     Genus Aluterus Cloquet, 1816 – filefishes 
                                     Genus Amanses Gray, 1835  
                                     Genus Anacanthus Gray, 1830  
                                     Genus Arotrolepis Fraser-Brunner, 1941  
                                     Genus Brachaluteres Bleeker, 1865  
                                     Genus Cantherhines Swainson, 1839  
                                     Genus Cantheschenia Hutchins, 1977  
                                     Genus Chaetodermis Swainson, 1839  
                                     Genus Colurodontis Hutchins, 1977  
                                     Genus Enigmacanthus Hutchins, 2002  
                                     Genus Eubalichthys Whitley, 1930  
                                     Genus Lalmohania Hutchins, 1994  
                                     Genus Meuschenia Whitley, 1929  
                                     Genus Monacanthus Oken, 1817 – filefishes, foolfishes 
                                     Genus Nelusetta Whitley, 1939  
                                     Genus Oxymonacanthus Bleeker, 1865  
                                     Genus Paraluteres Bleeker, 1865  
                                     Genus Paramonacanthus Bleeker, 1865  
                                     Genus Pervagor Whitley, 1930  
                                     Genus Pseudalutarius Bleeker, 1865  
                                     Genus Pseudomonacanthus Bleeker, 1865  
                                     Genus Rudarius Jordan & Fowler, 1902  
                                     Genus Scobinichthys Whitley, 1931  
                                     Genus Stephanolepis Gill, 1861  
                                     Genus Thamnaconus Smith, 1949  
       

 References
       
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  Source: Catalog of Fishes, 03-Feb-2015, website (version 03-Feb-15)  
  Acquired: 2015   
  Notes: Eschmeyer, W. N. (ed). Catalog of Fishes. (http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp). Electronic version accessed 09-Feb-2015   
  Reference for: Monacanthidae   
       
  Source: NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)  
  Acquired: 1996   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Monacanthidae   
       
  Source: Phylogenetic Classification of Bony Fishes, website (version 3 (2014))  
  Acquired: 2017   
  Notes: Betancur-R, R., E. Wiley, N. Bailly, M. Miya, G. Lecointre, and G. Ortí. 2014. Phylogenetic Classification of Bony Fishes, Version 3. Available at https://sites.google.com/site/guilleorti/home/classification   
  Reference for: Monacanthidae   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Eschmeyer, William N.  
  Publication Date: 1990   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Genera of Recent Fishes   
  Page(s): iii + 697   
  Publisher: California Academy of Sciences   
  Publication Place: San Francisco, CA, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 0-940228-23-8   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: filefishes[English]   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Klein-MacPhee, Grace / Collette, Bruce B., and Grace Klein-MacPhee, eds.  
  Publication Date: 2002   
  Article/Chapter Title: Filefishes: Family Monacanthidae   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Bigelow and Schroeder's Fishes of the Gulf of Maine, Third Edition   
  Page(s): 592-598   
  Publisher: Smithsonian Institution Press   
  Publication Place: Washington, DC, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 1-56098-951-3   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Monacanthidae   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Nelson, Joseph S.  
  Publication Date: 1994   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Fishes of the World, Third Edition   
  Page(s): xvii + 600   
  Publisher: John Wiley and Sons   
  Publication Place: New York, New York, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 0-471-54713-1   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Monacanthidae   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Nelson, Joseph S., Edwin J. Crossman, H. Espinosa-Pérez, L. T. Findley, C. R. Gilbert, et al., eds.  
  Publication Date: 2004   
  Article/Chapter Title: Common and scientific names of fishes from the United States, Canada, and Mexico, Sixth Edition   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: American Fisheries Society Special Publication, no. 29   
  Page(s): ix + 386   
  Publisher: American Fisheries Society   
  Publication Place: Bethesda, Maryland, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 1-888569-61-1, 0097-0638  
  Notes: Full author list: Nelson, Joseph S., Edwin J. Crossman, Héctor Espinosa-Pérez, Lloyd T. Findley, Carter R. Gilbert, Robert N. Lea, and James D. Williams   
  Reference for: filefishes[English], lijas [Spanish], poissons-bourses [French]   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Page, L. M., H. Espinosa-Pérez, L. T. Findley, C. R. Gilbert, R. N. Lea, N. E. Mandrak, et al., eds.  
  Publication Date: 2013   
  Article/Chapter Title: Common and Scientific Names of Fishes from the United States, Canada, and Mexico, Seventh Edition   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: American Fisheries Society Special Publication, no. 34   
  Page(s): 243   
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  ISBN/ISSN: 978-1-934874-318   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Monacanthidae, filefishes [English], lijas [Spanish], poissons-bourses [French]   
       

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