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Monacanthus chinensis (Osbeck, 1765)

Fan-bellied leatherjacket
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Hong Kong country information

Common names: Chinese Filefish, Fan-bellied leather jacket, Filefish
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
Abundance: common (usually seen) | Ref: Wilson, K.D.P., 2003
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Reported from Cape D'Aguilar (Ref. 33067). Also reported from Sharp Island, Hoi Ha Wan, Tung Ping Chau (Ref. 94637); and Yan Chau Tong (Ref. 129329). Juveniles were recorded from Ma Shi Chau, Starfish Bay, Three Fathoms Cove, and Lai Chi Chong (Ref. 125536). The species was observed on 101 to 200 occasions during 400 dive surveys on artificial reefs (Ref. 119494). Sold in live fish markets. Caught using nets (Ref. 125552). Also Ref. 119714, 125586, 128523.
National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/hk.html
National Fisheries Authority:
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Ni, I.-H. and K.-Y. Kwok, 1999
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Filefish, Fan-belly leatherjacket, Fan-bellied filefish, ... more

分类 / Names 俗名 | 同种异名 | Catalog of Fishes(属, 种) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

Teleostei > Tetraodontiformes (Puffers and filefishes) > Monacanthidae (Filefishes)
Etymology: Monacanthus: Greek, monos = one + Greek, akantha = thorn (Ref. 45335).

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range 生态学

海洋 礁区鱼类; 深度上下限 5 - 50 m (Ref. 90102).   

分布 国家 | FAO区域 | 生态系 | 标本纪录 | Point map | 简介 | Faunafri

Indo-Pacific: Malaysia and Indonesia to Samoa, north to southern Japan, south to northwestern Australia and New South Wales.

大小 / 重量 / 年龄

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 38.0 cm TL 雄鱼/尚未辨别雌雄; (Ref. 3132); 最大体重: 580.00 g (Ref. 3132)

简单描述 检索表 | 型态特徵 | 形态测量图

背棘 (总数) : 2; 背的软条 (总数) : 28 - 34; 臀鳍软条: 27 - 34.

生物学特性     字汇 (例如 epibenthic)

Inhabits estuaries and on coastal and offshore reefs (Ref. 9563); also on weed bottoms and on trawling grounds. Found on muddy or silty substrates (Ref. 48637). Is an omnivore which feeds mainly on seagrass, algae, gammarid amphipods and caridean shrimps as well as on bryozoans, hydroids, ascidians, copepods, caprellid amphipods and tanaidaceans (Ref. 13426).

Life cycle and mating behavior Maturities | 繁殖 | Spawnings | Egg(s) | Fecundities | 仔鱼


主要参考文献 Upload your references | 参考文献 | 合作者 : Hutchins, Barry | 合作者

Shen, S.C. (ed.), 1993. Fishes of Taiwan. Department of Zoology, National Taiwan University, Taipei. 960 p. (Ref. 5193)

世界自然保护联盟红皮书 (Ref. 130435)

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