Aluterus

Aluterus Temporal range: Middle Miocene–present PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Aluterus monoceros
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Tetraodontiformes
Family:	Monacanthidae
Genus:	Aluterus Cloquet, 1816
Synonyms
DavidiaMiranda Ribeiro [1]

Aluterus is a genus of filefishes.

Species

There are currently 4 recognized extant species in this genus: ^[2]

Species	Common name	Image
Aluterus heudelotii Hollard, 1855	Dotterel filefish
Aluterus monoceros Linnaeus, 1758	Unicorn leatherjacket filefish
Aluterus schoepfii Walbaum, 1792	Orange filefish
Aluterus scriptus Osbeck, 1765	Scribbled leatherjacket filefish

Fossil record

The fossil species † Aluterus shigensis Miyajima, Koike & Matsuoka, 2014 is known from the Middle Miocene of Nagano, Japan. ^[3]

References

1. "Davidia Miranda Ribeiro, 1915". Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
2. Matsuura, K. (2014): Taxonomy and systematics of tetraodontiform fishes: a review focusing primarily on progress in the period from 1980 to 2014. Ichthyological Research, 62 (1): 72-113.
3. Miyajima, Yusuke; Koike, Hakuichi; Matsuoka, Hiroshige (2014-04-10). "First fossil occurrence of a filefish (Tetraodontiformes; Monacanthidae) in Asia, from the Middle Miocene in Nagano Prefecture, central Japan". Zootaxa. 3786 (3): 382–400. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3786.3.7. ISSN   1175-5334. PMID   24869542.