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leatherjacket (Aluterus monoceros)
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Ecological Illustration of leatherjacket (Aluterus monoceros)
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Monacanthidae

leatherjacket

Aluterus monoceros

Young drift with flotsam before settling over sand

  • Tropical
  • Globally widespread
  • Marine fish
  • Atlantic Ocean
  • Indian Ocean
  • Pacific Ocean
  • Africa
  • Central America and the Caribbean
  • North America
  • South America
  • Deep-bodied
  • Large
  • Tropical fish

leatherjacket is known around Circumtropical as a marine fish; It occurs in marine waters, and records give a maximum length of 76.2 cm.

Water type
Marine
Body shape
deep_bodied
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