Chaetodermis
Sign in to saveChaetodermis penicilligerus, also known as the prickly leather-jacket, tasselled leather-jacket or leafy filefish, is a demersal marine fish belonging to the family Monacanthidae. This fish is in the monotypic genus Chaetodermis. It occasionally makes its way into the marine aquarium fish trade.
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Vinony's link graph records 7 inbound references to Chaetodermis, and connects out to fin, filefish and South Africa.
It is catalogued under topics including Filefish, IUCN Red List least concern species and Monotypic marine fish genera.
Vinony links it to 4 Wikipedia language editions.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassTeleostei
- OrderTetraodontiformes
- FamilyMonacanthidae
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 23
- Family
- Monacanthidae
- Collections
- UMZC, CAS, AM, SIO, WAM, FMNH
- Recorded in
- Norway, Thailand, Australia, Sweden, Indonesia, Malaysia
Wikidata facts
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- taxon rank
- genus
- taxon name
- Chaetodermis
- topic's main category
- Category:Chaetodermis
- Commons category
- Chaetodermis
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Encyclopedic overview
5 sectionsContents
- Description
- Distribution and habitat
- Feeding
- Behavior
- References
Chaetodermis penicilligerus, also known as the prickly leather-jacket, tasselled leather-jacket or leafy filefish, is a demersal marine fish belonging to the family Monacanthidae. This fish is in the monotypic genus Chaetodermis. It occasionally makes its way into the marine aquarium fish trade.
==Description== The prickly leather-jacket is a medium-sized fish which grows up to . The body is highly compressed laterally, stocky, the mouth is terminal; the head size is big proportionally to the body. Dermal appendages are visible mainly on the body's margin and also on the sides. They are part of the fish's camouflage system. File:毛毛魚(龍鬚砲彈).JPG File:Higehagi.JPG File:Leafy filefish (Chaetodermis penicilligerus) (40610644734).jpg
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Chaetodermis” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.