dotterel filefish

Aluterus heudelotii

A deep body across both Atlantic shores

Purple
Tropical
Regional distribution
Marine fish
Atlantic Ocean
Africa
North America
South America
Deep-bodied
Medium
Tropical fish

Aluterus heudelotii, the dotterel filefish or dottered filefish, is a filefish of the family Monacanthidae. It is found in the western Atlantic from Massachusetts to the Gulf of Mexico and along the Caribbean coast of South America to northeast Brazil, and in the eastern Atlantic from Mauritania and Senegal to southern Angola. It is named after Jean-Pierre Heudelot.

Class: Teleosts
Order: Puffers, Triggerfishes, and Allies
Family: Monacanthidae
Genus: Aluterus
Maximum length: 45 cm
Water: Marine
Body shape: deep_bodied
Distribution: Atlantic Ocean: western Atlantic (from Massachusetts and Bermuda to Brazil) and eastern Atlantic (from Mauritania to Angola).
Conservation status: LCLeast Concern

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