Stephanolepis cirrhifer (Temminck & Schlegel, 1850)
Threadsail filefish
冠鱗單棘魨
Stephanolepis cirrhifer
photo by Arthur Chung@114°E Hong Kong Reef Fish Survey

Family:  Monacanthidae (Filefishes)
Max. size:  30 cm TL (male/unsexed); max.weight: 77.7 g
Environment:  demersal; marine, oceanodromous
Distribution:  Western Pacific: Hokkaido to the East China Sea.
Diagnosis:   
Biology:  Commercially cultured in Japan. Juveniles associate with drifting seaweed (Ref. 12114, 12115).
IUCN Red List Status: Least Concern (LC); Date assessed: 18 July 2017 Ref. (130435)
Threat to humans:  harmless
Country info:  Known from northern (Yehliu; rare (Ref. 43538), Kuei-ho harbor, Wan-li (Ref. 43539), Tung-hsiao and Lu-kang) and southern (Yun-gan) Taiwan (Ref. 43515). Reported from the Penghu Islands (Ref. 43515, 55073). Also Ref. 47843.


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