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Inflator Filefishes
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Inflator Filefishes

Brachaluteres

Brachaluteres is a genus of filefish of the family Monacanthidae. The genus name "Brachaluteres" is derived from the Greek brachys (meaning "short") and the Latin luteus (meaning "yellow"). Fish of the genus occur in the tropical waters of the Western Pacific Ocean.

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4 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 4 known species

Southern Pygmy Leatherjacket

speciesBrachaluteres jacksonianus

Puffer Filefish

speciesBrachaluteres taylori

Japanese Inflator Filefish

speciesBrachaluteres ulvarum

Fahaqa Pygmy Leatherjacket

speciesBrachaluteres fahaqa

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 87048.