Description

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

Common Names

Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Tetraodontiformes

Family: Monacanthidae

Genus: Acanthaluteres

Species: Acanthaluteres vittiger (Castelnau, 1873)

Climate Zone

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