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title: "Palettenfeilenfisch"
description: "Oxymonacanthus longirostris — Fische. Oxymonacanthus longirostris, more commonly known as the orange spotted filefish, is a small marine reef fish in the family Monacanthidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/de/animal/longnose-filefish
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Palettenfeilenfisch

> Oxymonacanthus longirostris — Fische. Oxymonacanthus longirostris, more commonly known as the orange spotted filefish, is a small marine reef fish in the family Monacanthidae.

- Scientific name: *Oxymonacanthus longirostris*
- Category: `fish` (Fische)
- Habitats: `sea` (Meer & Küste)
- iNaturalist observations: 1459
- Wikidata: [Q2319552](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2319552)
- iNaturalist taxon: [127710](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/127710)

## Names

- en: Longnose Filefish
- de: Palettenfeilenfisch
- fr: Poisson-lime à taches orange

## Countries with the most observations

FJ (274), AU (194), NC (116), ID (107), GU (53), JP (48), VU (38), SC (37), MU (34), MP (30), MV (28), AS (21)

## Summary

Oxymonacanthus longirostris, more commonly known as the orange spotted filefish, is a small marine reef fish in the family Monacanthidae. Other common names they are known by include the harlequin filefish and the longnose filefish.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orange_spotted_filefish

## Photo

![Palettenfeilenfisch](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/longnose-filefish/medium.jpg)

Photo: Justin Philbois · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/256461802

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/longnose-filefish?lang=de` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).