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Monacanthidae
Prickly leatherjacket
Chaetodermis penicilligerus
Filefish beneath Indo West Pacific
- Tropical
- Regional distribution
- Marine fish
- Pacific Ocean
- East Asia
- Oceania
- Deep-bodied
- Medium
- Tropical fish
Tropical
Regional distribution
Marine fish
Deep-bodied
MediumPrickly leatherjacket is a marine fish from Indo-West Pacific. It inhabits marine waters. Records give a maximum length of 31 cm.
- Class
- Teleosts
- Family
- Monacanthidae
- Genus
- Chaetodermis
- Maximum length
- 31 cm
- Water
- Marine
- Body shape
- deep_bodied
- Distribution
- Indo-West Pacific: Indo-Malayan region to Australia, north to Japan.
- Conservation status
- LCLeast Concern
Class
Family
Conservation status
