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Broom Filefish
Conservation status: Secure
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Tetraodontiformes
Family: Monacanthidae
Genus: Amanses
Species: scopas
Binomial name
Amanses scopas
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.




External links

  • Fishindex (http://species.fishindex.com/species_6027amanses_scopas.html)
  • Fishbase (http://www.fishbase.org/Summary/SpeciesSummary.cfm?ID=6672&genusname=Amanses&speciesname=scopas)

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That afternoon Alice and I straightened up the trailer and prepared for traveling.
Log Date: +864: 000814: 48N56'45.13: 122W44'50.74: Birch Bay TTN Park, Blaine, WA Monday morning we finished packing up and said our goodbyes to the Amanses.
Our first stop was down the road to the Texaco for fuel where we found the price had risen to 153.9.
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