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Aluterus schoepfii (Walbaum, 1792)

Description

Dorsal spines (total): 2; Dorsal soft rays (total): 32 - 39; Anal spines: 0; Anal soft rays: 35 - 41. Pelvic terminus always absent; head and body with numerous small round orange or orange-yellow spots; lips often blackish (Ref. 13442).

Common Names

  • Cabrinha , Creole, Portuguese , Cape Verde
  • Orange filfisk , Danish , Denmark
  • Trekkervis , Dutch , Netherlands
  • Orange Fiiefish , English , Cuba
  • Orange filefish , English , Puerto Rico
  • Orange filefish , English , Bahamas
  • Orange filefish , English , Jamaica
  • Orange filefish , English , USA
  • Orange filefish , English , Global
  • Tobaccofish , English , Jamaica
  • Oranž viilkala , Estonian , Estonia
  • Viilakala , Finnish , Finland
  • Bourse , French , Mauritania
  • Bourse orange , French , Global
  • Drückerfisch , German , Germany
  • Gourounópsaro , Greek , Greece
  • Pesce balestra , Italian , Italy
  • Kawahagi , Japanese , Japan
  • Kihoshihagi , Japanese , Japan
  • 斑点革鲀 , Mandarin Chinese , China
  • 斑點革魨 , Mandarin Chinese , China
  • 橙斑革魨 , Mandarin Chinese , China
  • 橙斑革鲀 , Mandarin Chinese , China
  • Alutera pomaranczowa , Polish , Poland
  • Galhudo , Portuguese , Cape Verde
  • Liso , Portuguese , Cape Verde
  • Peixe-gatilho , Portuguese , Cape Verde
  • Peixe-gatilho-liso , Portuguese , Portugal
  • Peixe-porco , Portuguese , Brazil
  • Peixe-porco , Portuguese , Cape Verde
  • Peixe-porco-galhudo , Portuguese , Portugal
  • Mihaca , Serbian , Serbia
  • Cachúa , Spanish , Colombia
  • Cachúa lija pintada , Spanish , Venezuela
  • Cachúa naranja , Spanish , Colombia
  • Cachúa perra , Spanish , Global
  • Chivo , Spanish , Dominican Rp
  • Dormilona , Spanish , Colombia
  • Lija Anaranjada , Spanish , Cuba
  • Lija naranja , Spanish , Spain
  • Lija naranja , Spanish , Mexico
  • Liza anaranjada , Spanish , Cuba
  • Pez ballesta , Spanish , Spain
  • Filfisk , Swedish , Sweden
  • Tryckarfisk , Swedish , Sweden
  • Çütre baligi , Turkish , Turkey
  • Ndor gar , Wolof , Mauritania
  • Ndor gar , Wolof , Senegal

    • Taxonomic Hierarchy

    Kingdom: Animalia

    Phylum: Chordata

    Class: Teleostei

    Order: Tetraodontiformes

    Family: Monacanthidae

    Genus: Aluterus

    Species: Aluterus schoepfii (Walbaum, 1792)

    Climate Zone

  • Subtropical

    • Location

  • Western Atlantic: Nova Scotia (Canada), Bermuda, and northern Gulf of Mexico to Brazil. Eastern Atlantic: Cape Blanc, Mauritania to Angola (Ref. 3592).

    • Biology

    Usually found over bottoms with seagrass, sand, or mud (Ref. 3790). Juveniles are associated with floating Sargassum. Solitary or in pairs (Ref. 9710). Feeds on a variety of plants, including algae and seagrasses (Ref. 3790). Generally considered as trash fish, rarely consumed (Ref. 3790). Traded as an aquarium fish at Ceará, Brazil (Ref. 49392).

    Habitat

    associated