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Minute leatherjacket (Rudarius minutus)
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Ecological Illustration of Minute leatherjacket (Rudarius minutus)
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Monacanthidae

Minute leatherjacket

Rudarius minutus

Filefish of Indonesian Waters

  • Tropical
  • Regional distribution
  • Marine fish
  • Pacific Ocean
  • Oceania
  • Southeast Asia
  • Deep-bodied
  • Small
  • Tropical fish

Minute leatherjacket is a marine fish found around Western Pacific. It inhabits reef habitat. Records give a maximum length of 5 cm.

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