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Black scraper

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Black scraper
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Tetraodontiformes
Family: Monacanthidae
Genus: Thamnaconus
Species:
T. modestus
Binomial name
Thamnaconus modestus
Günther, 1877
Synonyms
  • Navodon modestus (Whitley, 1930)

The black scraper (Thamnaconus modestus) is a species of filefish in the family Monacanthidae. It is found in the temperate waters in the Northwest Pacific Ocean. It is commercially fished in China, and has been successfully aquacultured.[1]

Sources

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  • Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Thamnaconus modestus". FishBase. February 2015 version.

"Thamnaconus modestus" .IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019

References

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  1. ^ NOAA Central Library (2000) Fishing Industry in China Archived 2009-05-06 at the Wayback Machine