Broom Filefish
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{{Taxobox | color = pink | name = Broom Filefish | status = Conservation status: Secure | image = Amanses_scopas.jpg | image_width = 240px | regnum = Animalia | phylum = Chordata | classis = Actinopterygii | ordo = Tetraodontiformes | familia = Monacanthidae | genus = Amanses | species = A. scopas | binomial = Amanses scopas | binomial_authority = Cuvier, 1829 }}
Amanses is a genus belonging to the filefish family (Monacanthidae). There is only one species, the Broom Filefish (Amanses scopas). It is also called Brush-sided Leatherjacket (Australia) or Broom Leatherjacket (Christmas Island).
This a harmless tropical reef fish from the Red Sea and the Indo-Pacific area.
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