Overview
Family : Filefishes ; Primarily found in estuaries, schooling over seagrass beds and in sargassum weed areas[1].
Interesting Facts
Common Names
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Common Names in English:
Bridled leatherjacket
Common Names in Mandarin Chinese:
刺尾革魨, 刺尾革鲀
Description
Habitat
Typically found at an altitude of 0 to 50 meters (0 to 164 feet).[2]
Biome: Brackish water, saltwater . Demersal .
Taxonomy
- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Animalia
()
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- animals
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
()
- (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
()
- Grobben, 1908
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
()
- (Haeckel, 1874) Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Phylum:
Chordata
()
- Bateson, 1885
- Chordates
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
()
- Cuvier, 1812
- Vertebrates
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
()
- auct.
- Jawed Vertebrates
- Superclass:
Osteichthyes
()
- Huxley, 1880
- Class:
Osteichthyes
()
- Huxley, 1880
- Subclass:
Actinopterygii
()
- Infraclass:
Actinopteri
()
- Cohort:
Clupeocephala
()
- Superorder:
Acanthopterygii
()
- Order:
Tetraodontiformes
()
- Suborder:
Balistoidei
()
- Family:
Monacanthidae
()
- Genus:
Acanthaluteres
()
- Bleeker, 1866
- Specific name:
spilomelanurus
- Scientific name: - Acanthaluteres spilomelanurus (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824)
- Specific name:
spilomelanurus
- Genus:
Acanthaluteres
(
- Family:
Monacanthidae
(
- Suborder:
Balistoidei
(
- Order:
Tetraodontiformes
(
- Superorder:
Acanthopterygii
(
- Cohort:
Clupeocephala
(
- Infraclass:
Actinopteri
(
- Subclass:
Actinopterygii
(
- Class:
Osteichthyes
(
- Superclass:
Osteichthyes
(
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
(
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
(
- Phylum:
Chordata
(
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
(
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
(
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
Synonyms
Acanthaluteres spilomelanurus • Aleuteres paragaudatus Richardson • Balistes spilomelanurus • Balistes spilomelanurus Quoy & Gaimard, 1824 • Balistes spilomelanurus Quoy & Gaimard
Notes
Name
Status: Accepted Name
.
Last scrutiny: Data
last modified by FishBase 01-Dec-1999
Similar Species
Members of the genus Acanthaluteres
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 3 species and subspecies in this genus:
A. brownii (Spiny-Tailed Leatherjacket) · A. spilomelanurus (Bridled Leatherjacket) · A. vittiger (Toothbrush Leatherjacket)
More Info
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Further Reading
- Fishery circular / U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Fisheries. [Washington]: The Bureau, 1931-1939. url , p. 173, p. 394, p. 414.
Notes
Contributors
- Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 15, 2012.
- FishBase 2006.
- FishBase. Release date: January 5, 2010
- Froese, R., and D. Pauly. FishBase 2004. International Center for Living Aquatic Resources Management.
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed March 02, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 3 providers.
- Hutchins, Barry (from FishBase).
- Ruggiero M., Gordon D., Bailly N., Kirk P., Nicolson D. (2011). The Catalogue of Life Taxonomic Classification, Edition 2, Part A. In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist (Bisby F.A., Roskov Y.R., Orrell T.M., Nicolson D., Paglinawan L.E., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., Baillargeon G., Ouvrard D., eds). DVD; Species 2000: Reading, UK.
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal March 02, 2008:
- FishBase: FishBase DiGIR Provider - Philippine Server
- Museum national d'histoire naturelle: Ichtyologie
- OZCAM (Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums) Provider: Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 119071
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: Fis-125479
- Fishbase Species ID: 51356
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 646184
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 101071
Footnotes
- Kuiter, R.H. (1993). Coastal fishes of south-eastern Australia. Crawford House Press Pty Ltd. Australia. 437 p. [back]
- Mean = -556.710 meters (-1,826.476 feet), Standard Deviation = 1,533.580 based on 7 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]
Curator for this page: Barry Hutchins. Date last reviewed: 12/30/1899
