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Prickly leatherjacket (Chaetodermis penicilligerus)
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Ecological Illustration of Prickly leatherjacket (Chaetodermis penicilligerus)
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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

Prickly leatherjacket is a marine fish from Indo-West Pacific. It inhabits marine waters. Records give a maximum length of 31 cm.

Class
Teleosts
Order
Puffers, Triggerfishes, and Allies
Family
Monacanthidae
Genus
Chaetodermis
Water type
Marine
Body shape
deep_bodied
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