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Cantherhines dumerilii

(Yelloweye Leatherjacket)

Common Names

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Common Names in Afrikaans:

Witkolle-Vylvis

Common Names in Austronesian (Other):

Liyooma, Sampan

Common Names in Carolinian:

Liyooma, Sampan

Common Names in Creole, French:

Caca Boeuf

Common Names in Creoles and Pidgins,:

Caca Boeuf

Common Names in English:

Barred Filefish, Orange-Fin Barb, Orange-Fin File, White-Spotted Filefish, Whitespotted Filefish, Yelloweye Leatherjacket

Common Names in French:

Arbalétrier Gris, Arbaltrier Gris, Bourse Selles, Bourse Taches Blanches, Bourse à Taches Blanches, Lime Beige, Monacanthe Rayé, Monacanthe Ray

Common Names in Japanese:

Hakuseihagi

Common Names in Mandarin Chinese:

杜氏刺鼻單棘魨, 棘尾前孔魨, 杜氏刺鼻单棘鲀, 杜氏刺鼻單棘魨, 棘尾前孔魨, 棘尾前孔鲀

Common Names in Other:

Humu Garegare

Common Names in Portuguese:

Porco Mancha Branca

Common Names in Samoan:

Pa'umalo

Common Names in Spanish:

Cacha Blanca Nieves, Lija Vagabunda, Pez Lija Vagabundo, Puerco Isleo

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

Habitat

Typically found in water with a depth of 0 to -5,584 meters (0 to -18,320 feet).[1]

Taxonomy

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Unambiguous Synonyms

  1. Cantherhines albopunctatus (Seale, 1901)
  2. Cantherhines carolae Jordan & Mcgregor, 1898
  3. Cantherhines dumerili (Hollard)
  4. Cantherhines dumerili (Hollard, 1854)
  5. Cantherhines howensis (Ogilby, 1889)
  6. Cantherines dumerilii (Hollard, 1854)
  7. Cantherinus dumerili (Hollard, 1854)
  8. Monacanthus albopunctatus Seale, 1901
  9. Monacanthus dumerilii Hollard, 1854
  10. Monacanthus howensis Ogilby, 1889

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name .

Similar Species

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Members of the genus Cantherhines

There are approximately 16 species in this genus:

C. carolae · C. dumerili · C. dumerilii (Yelloweye Leatherjacket) · C. fronticinctus (Specktacled Filefish) · C. longicaudus · C. macrocerus (American Whitespotted Filefish) · C. melanoides · C. multilineatus · C. pardalis (Honeycomb Leatherjacket) · C. pullus (Orange-Spotted Filefish) · C. rapanui · C. sandwichensis · C. sandwichiensis (Brown Leatherjacket) · C. tiki · C. trachylepis (Yellowfinned Leatherjacket) · C. verecundus

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Notes

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Contributors

Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal November 15, 2007:

Identifiers

Footnotes

  1. Mean = -1,781.730 meters (-5,845.571 feet), Standard Deviation = 1,775.140 based on 63 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: 2009-06-17