Amanses

Amanses
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Tetraodontiformes
Family:	Monacanthidae
Genus:	Amanses Gray, 1835
Synonyms
Amnases (misspelling) Anameses misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling Anamses (misspelling) Trichoderma (subgenus of Monocanthus) Swainson, 1839

Amanses is a genus of filefish, with one extant species.

Species

• Amanses scopas Cuvier, 1835
• †Amanses sulcifer Casier, 1966

The extant species is found in the Indo-Pacific, and the fossil species was described from an otolith from London clay formations.

Synonyms

• Amanses amphioxys (Cope, 1871): synonym of Cantherhines pullus (Ranzani, 1842)
• Amanses carolae (Hollard, 1854): synonym of Cantherhines dumerilii (Hollard, 1854)
• Amanses fronticinctus (Günther, 1867): synonym of Cantherhines fronticinctus (Günther, 1867)
• Amanses longipinnis Fraser-Brunner, 1941: synonym of Cantheschenia longipinnis (Fraser-Brunner, 1941)
• Amanses microlepidotus Gray, 1859: synonym of Cantherhines pardalis (Rüppell, 1837)
• Amanses pardalis (Rüppell, 1837) synonym of Cantherhines pardalis (Rüppell, 1837) (superseded combination)
• Amanses pullus (Ranzani, 1842): synonym of Cantherhines pullus (Ranzani, 1842)
• Amanses rapanui de Buen, 1963: synonym of Cantherhines rapanui (de Buen, 1963)
• Amanses sandwichiensis (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824): synonym of Cantherhines sandwichiensis (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824)
• Amanses striatus Kotthaus, 1979: synonym of Thamnaconus striatus (Kotthaus, 1979)

External links

• Froese, R.; Pauly, D. (eds.). "FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)".
• Fricke, R.; Eschmeyer, W. N.; Van der Laan, R. (eds.). "ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References". California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco. Retrieved 29 November 2025.
• Neave, Sheffield Airey. "Nomenclator Zoologicus vol. 1-10 Online". Online Nomenclator Zoologicus at Checklistbank.