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Aluterus monoceros (Linnaeus, 1758)

Unicorn leatherjacket filefish
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Native range | All suitable habitat | Point map | Year 2050
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Aluterus monoceros   AquaMaps   Data sources: GBIF OBIS
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Australia country information

Common names: Leatherjacket
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Museum: LPPL JIF151 (TGT2261). From North West Cape to Darwin.
National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/as.html
National Fisheries Authority: http://www.csiro.au/
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Gloerfelt-Tarp, T. and P.J. Kailola, 1984
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Bourse loulou, Rough leatherjacket, Unicorn filefish, ... more

Klassifizierung / Names Namen | Synonyme | Catalog of Fishes(Gattung, Arten) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

> Tetraodontiformes (Puffers and filefishes) > Monacanthidae (Filefishes)
Etymology: Aluterus: Name from Greek meaning not free or detached, referring to the pelvis that does not form a spiny project (as it does in triggerfish) (R. Chandler, pers. Comm. 10/2014)..
  More on author: Linnaeus.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ökologie

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