Polynesian Filefish, Cantherhines longicaudus Hutchins & Randall 1982

Cantherhines longicaudus from Mururoa Atoll, French Polynesia. Source: Jeffrey T. Williams / Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Department of Vertebrate Zoology, Division of Fishes. License: CC BY Attribution-Noncommercial-ShareAlike

Summary:

A dull yellow leatherjacket with brownish markings, a prominent groove on the back for receiving the depressed dorsal-fin spine, a long caudal fin, and no bristles on the midsides.
The species is possibly only known in Australia from two small specimens collected at Lord Howe Island in 1898 and 1916. The specimens are juveniles and may be C. longicaudus. However, due to their small size and old age, positive identification is not possible (Hutchins & Randall 1982).

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Bray, D.J. 2020, Cantherhines longicaudus in Fishes of Australia, accessed 23 Apr 2024, https://fishesofaustralia.net.au/home/species/4799

Polynesian Filefish, Cantherhines longicaudus Hutchins & Randall 1982

More Info

Distribution	Recorded from Lord Howe Island in the Tasman Sea. Elsewhere the species occurs in the western-central Pacific - New Caledonia to the Cook Islands, French Polynesia, and Rapa.
Size	To 13.2 cm SL.
Feeding	Feeds mostly on algae and benthic invertebrates.
Etymology	The specific name longicaudus is from the Latin longus meaning 'long', and cauda meaning 'tail', in reference to the long caudal fin of this species.
Species Citation	Cantherhines longicaudus Hutchins & Randall, 1982, Pac. Sci. 36(2): 179, fig. 3. Type locality: Popote Bay, Papara, Tahiti, Society Islands.
Author	Bray, D.J. 2020
Resources	Atlas of Living Australia Australian Faunal Directory Catalog of Fishes

Polynesian Filefish, Cantherhines longicaudus Hutchins & Randall 1982

References

Hutchins, J.B. & Randall, J.E. 1982. Cantherhines longicaudus, a new filefish from Oceania, with a review of the species of the C. fronticinctus complex. Pacific Science 36(2): 175-185. http://hdl.handle.net/10125/418

Matsuura, K. 2015. Taxonomy and systematics of tetraodontiform fishes: a review focusing primarily on progress in the period from 1980 to 2014. Ichthyology Research 62: 72-113.

Matsuura, K. & Motomura, H. 2016. Cantherhines longicaudus. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T70010234A70011779. http://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-1.RLTS.T70010234A70011779.en. Downloaded on 13 March 2017.

Randall, J.E. 2011. Review of the circumtropical monacanthid fish genus Cantherhines, with descriptions of two new species. Indo-Pacific Fishes 40: 1-30.