Animalia > Chordata > Tetraodontiformes > Monacanthidae > Aluterus > Aluterus monoceros

Aluterus monoceros (Yellow-finned leatherjacket; Unicornfilefish; Unicorn leatherjacket filefish; Unicorn leatherjacket; Unicorn leather jacket; Unicorn filefish; Unicorn Fiiefish; Triggerfish; Rough leatherjacket; Leatherjacket; Filefish; Batfish; Trigger fish durgon)

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Wikipedia Abstract

The unicorn leatherjacket (Aluterus monoceros) is a filefish of the family Monacanthidae, found around the world in subtropical oceans between latitudes 43° N and 35° S, at depths down to 50 m. Its length is up to 76 cm.
View Wikipedia Record: Aluterus monoceros

Infraspecies

Balistes monoceros var. monoceros

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary IV 2387149 Florida, United States
Tsitsikamma National Park II 34343 Southern Cape, South Africa  

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♦ 1Gibson, 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