Pervagor aspricaudus és una espècie de peix de la família dels monacàntids i de l'ordre dels tetraodontiformes.
Morfologia Els mascles poden assolir 13 cm de longitud total.Allen, G.R. i R.C. Steene, 1988. Fishes of Christmas Island Indian Ocean. Christmas Island Natural History Association, Christmas Island, Indian Ocean, 6798, Austràlia. 197 p.
Hàbitat És un peix marí, de clima tropical i associat als esculls de corall que viu entre 1-25 m de fondària.Lieske, E. i R. Myers, 1994. Collins Pocket Guide. Coral reef fishes. Indo-Pacific & Caribbean including the Red Sea. Harper Collins Publishers, 400 p.
Distribució geogràfica Es troba a Maurici,Bliss, R., 1883. Descriptions of new species of Mauritian fishes. Trans. R. Soc. Mauritius 13:45-63. l'Illa Christmas, el sud del Japó i de Taiwan, Austràlia, Nova Caledònia, les Illes Marshall, les HawaiiMundy, B.C., 2005. Checklist of the fishes of the Hawaiian Archipelago. Bishop Museum Bulletins in Zoology. Bishop Mus. Bull. Zool. (6):1-704. i Tonga.Randall, J.E., J.T. Williams, D.G. Smith, M. Kulbicki, G.M. Tham, P. Labrosse, M. Kronen, E. Clua i B.S. Mann, 2003. Checklist of the shore and epipelagic fishes of Tonga. Atoll Res. Bull. Núms. 497-508.Allen, G.R. i W.F. Smith-Vaniz, 1994. Fishes of the Cocos (Keeling) Islands. Atoll Res. Bull. 412:21 p.Anderson, R.C., J.E. Randall i R.H. Kuiter, 1998. New records of fishes from the Maldive Islands, with notes on other species. Ichthyol. Bull. 67(2):20-36.Cinco, E.A., 1996. Resource and ecological assessment of Sorsogon Bay, Philippines Vol. 3. Capture fisheries assessment. Fisheries Sector Program Department of Agriculture-Asian Development Bank, United Business Technologies, Inc., Pasig Philippines. 158 p.Huang, Z., 2001. Marine species and their distribution in China's seas. p. 404- 463. Vertebrata. Smithsonian Institution, Florida, Estats Units. 598 p.Kulbicki, M., J.E. Randall i J. Rivaton, 1994. Checklist of the fishes of the Chesterfield Islands (Coral Sea). Micronesica 27(1/2): 1-43.Letourneur, Y., P. Chabanet, P. Durville, M. Taquet, E. Teissier, M. Parmentier, J.-C. Quéro i K. Pothin, 2004. An updated checklist of the marine fish fauna of Reunion Island, south-western Indian Ocean. Cybium 28(3):199-216.McManus, J.W., C.L. Nañola, Jr., R.B. Reyes, Jr. i K.N. Kesner, 1992. Resource ecology of the Bolinao coral reef system. ICLARM Stud. Rev. 22:117 p.Myers, R.F., 1991. Micronesian reef fishes. Segona edició. Coral Graphics, Barrigada, Guam. 298 p.Myers, R.F., 1999. Micronesian reef fishes: a comprehensive guide to the coral reef fishes of Micronesia. Coral Graphics, Barrigada, Guam. 330 p.Nguyen, N.T. i V.Q. Nguyen, 2006. Biodiversity and living resources of the coral reef fishes in Vietnam marine waters. Science and Technology Publishing House, Hanoi.Randall, J.E. i K.K.P. Lim (eds.), 2000. A checklist of the fishes of the South China Sea. Raffles Bull. Zool. Suppl. (8):569-667.Randall, J.E., G.R. Allen i R.C. Steene, 1990. Fishes of the Great Barrier Reef and Coral Sea. University of Hawaii Press, Honolulu, Hawaii. 506 p.Randall, J.E., J.L. Earle, T. Hayes, C. Pittman, M. Severns i R.L.F. Smith, 1993. Eleven new records and validations of shore fishes from the Hawaiian Islands. Pac. Sci. 47(3):222-239.Schultz, L.P., L.P. Woods i E.A. Lachner, 1966. Fishes of the Marshall and Marianas Islands. Vol. 3. Families Kraemeriidae through Antennariidae. Bull. U.S. Natl. Mus. 202:1-176.
Observacions És inofensiu per als humans.
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