| Acanthaluteres | |
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| Acanthaluteres spilomelanurus | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Tetraodontiformes |
| Family: | Monacanthidae |
| Genus: | Acanthaluteres Bleeker, 1865 |
Acanthaluteres is a genus of filefishes native to the Indian and Pacific Oceans.
There are currently 3 recognized species in this genus: [1]
The filefish (Monacanthidae) are a diverse family of tropical to subtropical tetraodontiform marine fish, which are also known as foolfish, leatherjackets or shingles. They live in the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian Oceans. Filefish are closely related to triggerfish, pufferfish and trunkfish.
Amanses scopas, also known as the broom filefish, is a filefish, the only species in the genus Amanses of the family Monacanthidae. It is also called brush-sided leatherjacket in Australia or broom leatherjacket in Christmas Island.
The leatherjacket fish, also known as leather jack, is a species of jack in the family Carangidae. Leather jack may also refer to other members of the Carangidae, such as the pilot fish. The largest are about a foot long.
Pseudomonacanthus is a genus in the filefishes native to the Indian and western Pacific oceans.
Stephanolepis is a genus of bony fish in the family Monacanthidae, the filefishes. Members of this genus are unusual-shaped fish and have a very rough skin which gives them their common name. They are laterally flattened and deep bodied with long dorsal and anal fins and a fan-shaped tail. They have a mouth at the tip of the projecting snout and a long spine on the top of the head.
Monacanthus chinensis, commonly known as the fan-bellied leatherjacket or fantail leatherjacket, is a species of filefish native to the western Pacific Ocean and the eastern Indian Ocean where it is found on reefs and soft sediments at shallow depths. This species grows to a total length of 40 centimetres (16 in).
The Southern pygmy leatherjacket is a filefish endemic to Australia, found in temperate coastal waters and reefs from southern Queensland around to south-west Western Australia, including Tasmania.
Acreichthys is a genus of filefishes native to the Indian and Pacific Oceans.
Aluterus is a genus of filefishes.
Cantheschenia is a genus of filefishes native to the western Pacific Ocean.
Colurodontis paxmani is a species of filefish endemic to Australia. This species grows to a length of 12 centimetres (4.7 in) SL. This species is the only known member of the genus Colurodontis.
Eubalichthys is a genus of filefishes found in the eastern Indian Ocean waters around Australia.
Meuschenia is a genus of filefishes native to the coastal waters around Australia. There are eight species from the temperate southern half of Australia.
Monacanthus is a genus of filefishes.
Pseudalutarius nasicornis also known as the rhinoceros leatherjacket is a species of filefish native to the Indian and western Pacific Oceans. It occurs on reefs at depths of from 1 to 55 metres. This species grows to a length of 19 centimetres (7.5 in) TL. This species is the only known member of its genus.
Rudarius is a genus of filefishes native to the western Pacific Ocean.
Scobinichthys granulatus also known as the rough leatherjackets is a species of filefish native to the coastal waters of southern Australia. It lives on rocky reefs and in beds of seagrass. This species grows to a length of 30 centimetres (12 in) TL. It is the only known member of the monotypic genus Scobinichthys.
Thamnaconus is a genus of filefishes native to the Indian and Pacific Oceans.
Oligoplites is a genus of carangid leatherjackets native to warmer seas off the Americas, including the East Pacific, West Atlantic, Caribbean Sea and Gulf of Mexico.
Acanthaluteres spilomelanurus, the bridled leatherjacket, is a species of fish of the family Monacanthidae in the order of Tetraodontiformes. It can reach 14 cm in total length.
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