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Acanthaluteres vittiger (Castelnau, 1873)

Description

Dorsal spines (total): 2; Dorsal soft rays (total): 30 - 35; Anal soft rays: 27 - 34.

Common Names

  • Brown leatherjacket , English , Australia
  • Toothbrush leatherjacket , English , Australia
  • Toothbrush leatherjacket , English , Global
  • Zahnbürsten-Lederjacke , German , Germany
  • 澳洲鬃皮魨 , Mandarin Chinese , China
  • 澳洲鬃皮鲀 , Mandarin Chinese , China
  • 貢氏刺尾革魨 , Mandarin Chinese , China
  • 贡氏刺尾革鲀 , Mandarin Chinese , China
  • 飾圈刺尾革魨 , Mandarin Chinese , China
  • 饰圈刺尾革鲀 , Mandarin Chinese , China

    • Taxonomic Hierarchy

    Kingdom: Animalia

    Phylum: Chordata

    Class: Teleostei

    Order: Tetraodontiformes

    Family: Monacanthidae

    Genus: Acanthaluteres

    Species: Acanthaluteres vittiger (Castelnau, 1873)

    Climate Zone

  • Subtropical

    • Location

  • Eastern Indian Ocean: southern Australia, from southern Western Australia to New South Wales and Tasmania.

    • Biology

    Found in seagrass beds and on rocky reefs. Females resemble the rough leatherjacket Scobinichthys granulatus (Ref. 9563).

    Habitat

    demersal

    Conservation Status

    Least Concern

    Threat to Humans

    Harmless