Meuschenia hippocrepis
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Meuschenia hippocrepis is a Filefish
from the Eastern Indian Ocean
. It occasionally makes its way into the aquarium trade. It grows to a size of 51cm in length.
Filefish
Filefish are tropical to subtropical tetraodontiform marine fish of the diverse family Monacanthidae. Found in the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian Oceans, the filefish family contains approximately 107 species in 26 genera...
from the Eastern Indian Ocean
Indian Ocean
The Indian Ocean is the third largest of the world's oceanic divisions, covering approximately 20% of the water on the Earth's surface. It is bounded on the north by the Indian Subcontinent and Arabian Peninsula ; on the west by eastern Africa; on the east by Indochina, the Sunda Islands, and...
. It occasionally makes its way into the aquarium trade. It grows to a size of 51cm in length.