| Aluterus heudelotii | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Tetraodontiformes |
| Family: | Monacanthidae |
| Genus: | Aluterus |
| Species: | A. heudelotii |
| Binomial name | |
| Aluterus heudelotii Hollard, 1855 | |
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Aluterus heudelotii, the dotterel filefish or dottered filefish, is a filefish of the family Monacanthidae. [1] [2] It is found in the western Atlantic from Massachusetts to the Gulf of Mexico and along the Caribbean coast of South America to northeast Brazil, [1] and in the eastern Atlantic from Mauritania [2] and Senegal to southern Angola. [1] It is named after Jean-Pierre Heudelot . [2]
This demersal species inhabits seagrass, sand, or mud in shallow waters, [1] typically between 10 and 100 m and occasionally down to 2000 m. [1] [2] It grows up to 45 cm in total length, [2] with a typical length of 25–30 cm, [1] [2] and feeds on plants such as algae and seagrasses. It is of no interest for fisheries. [1]
