Aluterus

Aluterus Temporal range: Middle Miocene–present PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Aluterus monoceros
Aluterus scriptus
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 species in this genus: ^[2]

• 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)

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.