Overview
Family : Filefishes ; Occurs on the continental shelf[1].
Interesting Facts
Common Names
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Common Names in English:
Four-spined leatherjacket
Common Names in Mandarin Chinese:
四刺鋸棘魨, 四刺锯棘鲀
Description
Habitat
Biome: 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:
Eubalichthys
()
- Whitley, 1930
- Specific name:
quadrispinus
- Hutchins, 1977
- Scientific name: - Eubalichthys quadrispinus Hutchins, 1977
- Specific name:
quadrispinus
- Hutchins, 1977
- Genus:
Eubalichthys
(
- 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
(
Notes
Name
Status: Accepted Name
.
First described: Hutchins, J.B. Descriptions
of three new genera
and eight new species of monacanthid fishes
from Australia. Rec.
West. Aust. Mus. 5(1):3-58., 1977.
Similar Species
Members of the genus Eubalichthys
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 6 species and subspecies in this genus:
E. bucephalus (Whitley´s Leatherjacket) · E. caeruleoguttatus (Blue-Spotted Leatherjacket) · E. cyanoura (Bluetail Leatherjacket) · E. gunnii (Gunn´s Leatherjacket) · E. mosaicus (Deep-Bodied Leatherjacket) · E. quadrispinus (Four-Spined Leatherjacket)
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Further Reading
- Hutchins, J.B. Descriptions of three new genera and eight new species of monacanthid fishes from Australia. Rec. West. Aust. Mus. 5(1):3-58., 1977.
- May, J.L. and J.G.H. Maxwell (1986). Trawl fish from temperate waters of Australia. CSIRO Division of Fisheries Research, Tasmania. 492 p.
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
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed March 02, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from provider.
- 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:
- OZCAM (Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums) Provider: Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 126865
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: Fis-35878
- Fishbase Species ID: 14539
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 646207
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 110389
Footnotes
- 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]
Curator for this page: Barry Hutchins. Date last reviewed: 12/30/1899
