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Aluterus scriptus (Osbeck, 1765)

Scribbled leatherjacket filefish
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Indonesia country information

Common names: Scribbled leatherjacket, Tato kambing
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
Abundance: | Ref:
Importance: | Ref:
Aquaculture: | Ref:
Regulations: | Ref:
Uses: gamefish: yes;
Comments: From southwest Sumatra to Timor Sea (Ref. 5978, 47567) and Mentawai Islands (Ref. 27157). Also recorded from Raja Ampat Islands, Manado and vicinity, Sangalakki Island, Togean and Banggai Islands (Ref. 47567). Museum: LPPL JIH152 (TGT3252). Also Ref. 8631, 48637.
National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/id.html
National Fisheries Authority:
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Gloerfelt-Tarp, T. and P.J. Kailola, 1984
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Classificatie / Names Lokale namen | Synoniemen | Catalog of Fishes(Genus, Soort(en)) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

> Tetraodontiformes (Puffers and filefishes) > Monacanthidae (Filefishes)
Etymology: Aluterus: Name from Greek meaning not free or detached, referring to the pelvis that does not form a spiny project (as it does in triggerfish) (R. Chandler, pers. Comm. 10/2014)..

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecologie

marien rifbewoner; diepte 3 - 120 m (Ref. 36484), usually 3 - 20 m (Ref. 40849).   Subtropical; 46°N - 30°S, 180°W - 180°E

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