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Family Monacanthidae

EAST ASIA

Stephanolepis cirrhifer

Yawatano, Japan, 10 feet

THREAD-SAIL FILEFISH    Kawahagi

Fairly common on rocky reefs.  Attains 12 inches.  A popular food fish that is also raised commercially.  Northern Japan to the East China Sea.