Overview
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Family : Filefishes ; Lives on trawling grounds .
Interesting Facts
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Common Names
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Common Names in English:
Blue-spotted leatherjacket, Bluespotted leatherjacket
Common Names in Mandarin Chinese:
黃斑鋸棘魨, 黄斑锯棘鲀
Description
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Habitat
Typically found in water with a depth of 0 to -1,037 meters (0 to -3,402 feet).[1]
Ecology:
Eubalichthys caeruleoguttatus is a demersal
species that
has been found at a depth range
of 22–82 m.
[2].
List of Habitats
:
- 9 Marine Neritic
- 9.4 Marine Neritic - Subtidal Sandy
- 9.5 Marine Neritic - Subtidal Sandy-Mud
- 9.6 Marine Neritic - Subtidal Muddy [more info]
Taxonomy
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- 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:
caeruleoguttatus
- Hutchins, 1977
- Scientific name: - Eubalichthys caeruleoguttatus Hutchins, 1977
- Specific name:
caeruleoguttatus
- 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
(
Synonyms
Alosa teres Dekay • Etremeus teres (Dekay • Etrumeus acuminatus Gilbert • Etrumeus jacksoniensis Macleay • Eubalichthys caeruloguttatus • Eubalichthys caeruloguttatus Hutchins 1977 • Eubalichthys fuscosinus • Perkinsia othonops Eigenmann
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
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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)
More Info
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Further Reading
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- Allen, G.R. and R. Swainston (1988). The marine fishes of north-western Australia: a field guide for anglers and divers. Western Australian Museum, Perth. 201 pp.
- Allen, G.R. and Swainston, R. 1988. The marine fishes of north-western Australia: a field guide for anglers and divers. Western Australian Museum, Perth.
- Arancibia, H., R. Alarcón, L. Caballero and R. Concha 2000 Nuevas pesquerías para Chile Central. Anguila babosa (Eptatretus polytrema). Proyecto FONDEF D971-1058 "Desarollo de nuevas pesquerías en recursos marinos bentónicos, pelágicos y demersales en Chile central". Doc. Téc. No. 1, UNITEP, Dept. Oceanografía, Universidad de Concepción. 16 p.
- Eschmeyer, W.N. 1999. Catalog of fishes. Available at: www.fishbase.org.
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. 2001. The living marine resources of the western central Pacific. Bony fishes part 4 (Labridae to Latimeriidae), estuarine crocodiles, sea turtles, sea snakes and marine mammals. FAO, Rome, Italy.
- Froese, R. and Pauly, D. 2007. Fishbase. Available at: www.fishbase.org.
- Gloerfelt-Tarp, T. and Kailola, P.J. 1984. Trawled fishes of southern Indonesia and northwestern Australia. Australian Development Assistance Bureau, Canberra, Australia.
- Hutchins, J.B. 1977. Descriptions of three new genera and eight new species of monacanthid fishes from Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum 5(1): 3-58.
- Hutchins, J.B. 1997. Checklist of fishes of the Houtman Abrolhos Islands, Western Australia. In: F.E. Wells (ed.), The Marine Flora and Fauna of the Houtman Abrolhos Islands, Western Australia, pp. 239-253. Western Australian Museum.
- 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.
- IUCN. 2010. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (ver. 2010.4). Available at: http://www.iucnredlist.org. (Accessed: 27 October 2010).
- Sainsbury, K.J., Kailola, P.J. and Leyland, G.G. 1985. Continental shelf fishes of northern and north-western Australia. An illustrated Guide. CSIRO Division of Fisheries Research, Canberra, Australia.
- Wood, L.J. 2007. MPA Global: a database of the world's marine protected areas. Available at: www.mpaglobal.org.
Notes
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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
- FishBase 2006.
- FishBase. Release date: January 5, 2010
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed March 01, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 2 providers.
- Hutchins, Barry (from FishBase).
- IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. . Downloaded on January 28, 2012.
- Matsuura, K., Collette, B., Nelson, J., Dooley, J., Fritzsche, R., Carpenter, K. & Hutchins, B. 2010. Eubalichthys caeruleoguttatus. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloadedon 01February2012.
- 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 01, 2008:
- Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University: AIMS - Baited Remote Underwater Video Station (OBIS Australia)
- Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University: CSIRO Marine Data Warehouse (OBIS Australia)
- OZCAM (Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums) Provider: Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 126862
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: Fis-34263
- Fishbase Species ID: 10999
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13798945
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 646203
- IUCN ID: 208572
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 110385
Footnotes
- Mean = -61.130 meters (-200.558 feet), Standard Deviation = 95.340 based on 252 observations. Ocean depth information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]
- Matsuura, K., Collette, B., Nelson, J., Dooley, J., Fritzsche, R., Carpenter, K. & Hutchins, B. 2010. Eubalichthys caeruleoguttatus. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 01 February 2012. [back]
Curator for this page: Barry Hutchins. Date last reviewed: 12/30/1899
