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Acanthaluteres vittiger

(Toothbrush Leatherjacket)

Common Names

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Common Names in English:

Brown Leatherjacket, Toothbrush Leatherjacket

Common Names in German:

Zahnbürsten-Lederjacke, Zahnbürsten-Lederjacke

Common Names in Mandarin Chinese:

澳洲鬃皮魨, 貢氏刺尾革魨, 飾圈刺尾革魨

Description

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Family Monacanthidae

Atlantic, Indian and Pacific Oceans. Usually two dorsal spines; the second is usually much smaller and it may be absent. Upper jaw usually with three teeth in outer and two in the inner series on each premaxillary , developed for nibbling; 19-31 vertebrae . Alutera scripta reaches 1 m maximum length . Most species feed on a wide variety of benthic invertebrates , but some specialize on corals or zooplankton . Filefishes lay demersal eggs in a site prepared and guarded by the male or both parents. Some of the subtropical species release eggs in open water .The family Monacanthidae belongs to the Class Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes ) and the Order Tetraodontiformes. It contains 31 genera and 95 species. It may be found in Marine environments and is primarily Marine. Some members of this family are used in the aquarium trade. Reproductively, most members of this family are mixed. The main mode of swimming of adult fish in this family is balistiform. Compared with other fish, the activity level of this family tends to be normal. Members of this family have been dated back to the Pliocene epoch of the Tertiary period. Etymology of this family name : Greek, monos = only + Greek, akantha = thorn

Physical Description

Species Acanthaluteres vittiger

Females resemble the rough leatherjacket Scobinichthys granulatus[1].

Habitat

Found in seagrass beds and on rocky reefs.

Typically found in water with a depth of 0 to -105 meters (0 to -344 feet).[2]

Biome: Saltwater . Demersal .

Taxonomy

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Ambiguous Synonyms

  1. Acanthaluteres guntheri (Macleay, 1881)
  2. Monacanthus browni (Non Richardson, 1846)

Unambiguous Synonyms

  1. Monacanthus vittiger Castelnau, 1873
  2. Penicipelta vittiger (Castelnau, 1873)

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name . Latest taxonomic scrutiny: Group expert : Hutchins B ., Data last modified by FishBase 05-Apr-1999

Similar Species

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Members of the genus Acanthaluteres

There are approximately 5 species in this genus:

A. brownii (Spiny-Tailed Leatherjacket) · A. vittiger · A. paragaudatus · A. spilomelanurus (Bridled Leatherjacket) · A. vittiger (Toothbrush Leatherjacket)

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Further Reading

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Notes

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Contributors

Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal March 01, 2008:

Identifiers

Footnotes

  1. May, J.L. and J.G.H. Maxwell (1986). Trawl fish from temperate waters of Australia. CSIRO Division of Fisheries Research, Tasmania. 492 p. [back]
  2. Mean = 29.200 meters (95.801 feet), Standard Deviation = 139.490 based on 10 observations. Ocean depth information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]

Curator for this page: Barry Hutchins. Date last reviewed: 1899-12-30

Last Revised: 2009-05-05