Description

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Common Names

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Threadfin leatherjacket , English , Australia

Threadfin leatherjacket , English , Papua New Guinea

丝尾单角鲀 , Mandarin Chinese , China

丝鳍副单角鲀 , Mandarin Chinese , China

絲尾單角魨 , Mandarin Chinese , China

絲鰭副單角魨 , Mandarin Chinese , China

Humu kaleva , Tokelauan , Tokelau

Taxonomic Hierarchy

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Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Tetraodontiformes

Family: Monacanthidae

Genus: Arotrolepis

Species: Arotrolepis filicauda (Günther, 1880)

Climate Zone

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Tropical

Location

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Western Central Pacific: northwestern Australia and Papua New Guinea (Ref. 6771).

Biology

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Lives on trawling grounds. An excellent food fish.

Habitat

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demersal