Overview
Family : Filefishes ; Found in weedy areas, usually in harbors (Ref. 9002).
Interesting Facts
Common Names
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Common Names in English:
Dusky leatherjacket
Common Names in Mandarin Chinese:
奥蒂长吻副角鲀, 奧蒂長吻副角魨
Description
Habitat
Typically found in water with a depth of 0 to -444 meters (0 to -1,457 feet).[1]
Biome: Marine .
Taxonomy
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
)
- animals
- Phylum:
Chordata
()
- Chordates
- Order:
Tetraodontiformes
()
- Family:
n weedy areas, usually in harbors (Ref.
9002).
()
- Genus:
Paramonacanthus
()
- (Hollard, 1854)
- Specific name:
otisensis
- Whitley, 1931
- Scientific name: - Paramonacanthus otisensis Whitley, 1931
- Specific name:
otisensis
- Whitley, 1931
- Genus:
Paramonacanthus
(
- Family:
n weedy areas, usually in harbors (Ref.
9002).
(
- Order:
Tetraodontiformes
(
- Phylum:
Chordata
(
Synonyms
Arotrolepis barbarae Fraser-Brunner • Paramonacanthus oblongus otisensis • Paramonacanthus oblongus otisensis Whitley • Paramonacanthus oblongus otisensis Whitley, 1931 • Paramonacanthus Otisensis
Notes
Name
Status: Accepted Name
.
First described: Whitley, G. P. New Names
for Australian
Fishes
Australian Zoologist, vol.
6, no. 4;310-334, 1931.
Similar Species
Members of the genus Paramonacanthus
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 15 species and subspecies in this genus:
P. arabicus (Gulf Filefish) · P. barnardi (Wedgetail Filefish) · P. choirocephalus (Pig Faced Leather Jacket) · P. curtorhynchus (Short Snout File Fish) · P. filicauda (Threadfin Leatherjacket) · P. frenatus (Wedgetail Filefish) · P. japonicus (Hairfinned Leatherjacket) · P. nemurus (Dusky Leatherjacket) · P. nipponensis (Cinhalese Leatherjacket) · P. oblongus (Hair-Finned Filefish) · P. oblongus otisensis (Dusky Leatherjacket) · P. otisensis (Dusky Leatherjacket) · P. pusillus (Blackstriped Filefish) · P. sulcatus (Mud-Bank Filefish) · P. tricuspis (Estuary Filefish)
More Info
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Further Reading
- Kuiter, R.H. (1993). Coastal fishes of south-eastern Australia. Crawford House Press Pty Ltd. Australia. 437 p.
- Whitley, G. P. New Names for Australian Fishes Australian Zoologist, vol. 6, no. 4;310-334, 1931.
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 2 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:
- Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University: AIMS - Baited Remote Underwater Video Station (OBIS Australia)
- OZCAM (Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums) Provider: Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 134566
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: Fis-125728
- Fishbase Species ID: 51524
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13530430
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 646229
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 119831
Footnotes
- Mean = -9.480 meters (-31.102 feet), Standard Deviation = 59.060 based on 244 observations. Ocean depth information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]
Curator for this page: Barry Hutchins. Date last reviewed: 12/30/1899
