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title: "Barred Filefish"
description: "Cantherhines dumerilii — Ryby. Cantherhines dumerilii is a species of fish in the family Monacanthidae, the filefishes."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pl/animal/barred-filefish
last_updated: 2026-09-20
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# Barred Filefish

> Cantherhines dumerilii — Ryby. Cantherhines dumerilii is a species of fish in the family Monacanthidae, the filefishes.

- Scientific name: *Cantherhines dumerilii*
- Category: `fish` (Ryby)
- Habitats: `sea` (Morze i wybrzeże)
- iNaturalist observations: 1336
- Wikidata: [Q1499434](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1499434)
- iNaturalist taxon: [130765](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/130765)

## Names

- en: Barred Filefish
- de: Gelbschwanz-Feilenfisch
- es: Lija vagabunda
- fr: Bourse rayée

## Countries with the most observations

US (737), ID (109), MX (69), RE (54), MV (33), CX (24), AU (21), PF (21), TW (18), CR (10), FJ (10), MH (10)

## Summary

Cantherhines dumerilii is a species of fish in the family Monacanthidae, the filefishes. Its common names include whitespotted filefish, barred filefish, orange-fin file, yelloweye leatherjacket, and vagabond filefish. It is distributed in the Indian and Pacific Oceans where it is found on coral reefs.

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

## Photo

![Barred Filefish](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/barred-filefish/medium.jpg)

Photo: sunny tyson · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/221885787

## Machine access

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