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Updated 3/17/2024

Family Monacanthidae

INDO-WEST PACIFIC

Oxymonacanthus longirostris



Vava'u, Tonga



Waya, Fiji, 6 feet



Beqa, Fiji, 6 feet

Faga'alu, American Samoa, 10 feet



Kuata, Fiji, 5 feet
   

LONGNOSE FILEFISH    Tengukawahagi

Pairs are locally common among thickets of staghorn (Acropora) corals.  Feeds upon coral polyps.  Attains 5 inches.  East Africa to Okinawa and Tonga.