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title: "Peixe-porco-pintado-americano"
description: "Cantherhines macrocerus — Peixes. Cantherhines macrocerus, commonly known as the whitespotted filefish, American whitespotted filefish, or whitespotted limefish, is a marine fish found along the coast of Florida extending southward into the Caribbean."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pt/animal/whitespotted-filefish
last_updated: 2026-09-20
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# Peixe-porco-pintado-americano

> Cantherhines macrocerus — Peixes. Cantherhines macrocerus, commonly known as the whitespotted filefish, American whitespotted filefish, or whitespotted limefish, is a marine fish found along the coast of Florida extending southward into the Caribbean.

- Scientific name: *Cantherhines macrocerus*
- Category: `fish` (Peixes)
- Habitats: `sea` (Mar e costa)
- iNaturalist observations: 1282
- Wikidata: [Q304407](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q304407)
- iNaturalist taxon: [129656](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/129656)

## Names

- en: Whitespotted Filefish
- de: Weißflecken-Feilenfisch
- es: Pez lija de puntos blancos
- fr: Bourse cabri
- pt: Peixe-porco-pintado-americano

## Countries with the most observations

MX (287), TT (59), KY (52), US (52), GP (51), HN (51), MQ (42), LC (41), CW (34), BR (33), BL (31), VG (23)

## Summary

Cantherhines macrocerus, commonly known as the whitespotted filefish, American whitespotted filefish, or whitespotted limefish, is a marine fish found along the coast of Florida extending southward into the Caribbean. This species is distinct and separate from Cantherhines dumerilii, the similarly named whitespotted filefish which is found in the Indian and Pacific oceans.

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

## Photo

![Peixe-porco-pintado-americano](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/whitespotted-filefish/medium.jpg)

Photo: Jean-Paul Boerekamps · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/78949549

## Machine access

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