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Aluterus schoepfii (Tobaccofish; Orange filefish; Orange Fiiefish; Filefish)

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Wikipedia Abstract

Aluterus schoepfii, the orange filefish, is a species of fish in the Monacanthidae family. The species can also be listed under the family Balistidae. They can reach a maximum size of 61 cm (24 in) although they are common to 40 cm (15.5 in).
View Wikipedia Record: Aluterus schoepfii

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Central Gulf Coastal Plain Biosphere Reserve 40530 United States  
Everglades and Dry Tortugas Biosphere Reserve   Florida, United States  
Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary IV 2387149 Florida, United States
Reserva de la Biosfera de Sian Ka'an Biosphere Reserve VI 1312618 Mexico  
Saba Marine Park National Marine Park II 5573 Netherlands Antilles  

Prey / Diet

Columbella dysoni[1]
Syringodium filiforme (manatee grass)[2]
Thalassia testudinum (turtlegrass)[2]

Prey / Diet Overlap

Predators

Consumers

Parasitized by 
Dinurus tornatus[1]
Diploproctodaeum haustrum[3]
Diploproctodaeum yosogi[3]
Otobothrium dipsacus[1]
Rhagorchis odhneri[1]

External References

NatureServe Explorer

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics.
♦ 2Food Habits of Reef Fishes of the West Indies, John E. Randall, Stud. Trop. Oceanogr. 5, 665–847 (1967)
♦ 3Gibson, D. I., Bray, R. A., & Harris, E. A. (Compilers) (2005). Host-Parasite Database of the Natural History Museum, London
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0