Biology:Blacksaddle filefish
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Short description: Species of fish
| Blacksaddle filefish | |
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| File:False puffer adult male (Paraluteres prionurus) (36899131702).jpg | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Tetraodontiformes |
| Family: | Monacanthidae |
| Genus: | Paraluteres |
| Species: | P. prionurus
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| Binomial name | |
| Paraluteres prionurus (Bleeker, 1851)
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The blacksaddle filefish, Paraluteres prionurus, is a filefish of the family Monacanthidae. It reaches a length of a maximum 11 cm.
The blacksaddle filefish are found in pairs or in small schools and inhabit reefs across the Indian and Pacific oceans.
Coloration is sandy to grey with distinctive black "saddles" on the back and a yellow tail.
Mimicry
The blacksaddle filefish is a Batesian mimic of the highly toxic pufferfish Canthigaster valentini,[1] which is commonly found where ever P. prionurus is found. The two species have been known to school together.
Blacksaddle filefish (Paraluetes prionurus)
Black-saddled toby (Canthigaster valentini)
Gallery
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Juvenile
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Young female
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References
- ↑ Julian Caley, M.; Schluter, Dolph (2003-04-07). "Predators favour mimicry in a tropical reef fish" (in en). Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Series B: Biological Sciences 270 (1516): 667–672. doi:10.1098/rspb.2002.2263. ISSN 0962-8452. PMID 12713739. PMC 1691296. https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rspb.2002.2263.
- Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2006). "Paraluteres prionurus" in FishBase. November 2006 version.
External links
- Photos of Blacksaddle filefish on Sealife Collection
Wikidata ☰ Q1936113 entry
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