- Classification
- ACTINOPTERYGII
- TETRAODONTIFORMES
- MONACANTHIDAE
- Chaetodermis
- penicilligerus
Tasselled Leatherjacket, Chaetodermis penicilligerus (Cuvier 1816)
Other Names: Leafy Leatherjacket, Prickly Leatherjacket, Prickly Leather-jacket, Weedy Filefish, Weedy File-fish
A Tasselled Leatherjacket, Chaetodermis penicilligera, at The Pipeline, Port Stephens, New South Wales . Source: Dave Harasti / http://www.daveharasti.com/. License: All rights reserved
Summary:
An easily recognised leatherjacket covered in fleshy appendages. The body is overall light brown to sandy in colour with irregular dark lines, bluish spots and dashes, and usually two indistinct dark spots on the sides.
Video of a Tasselled leatherjacket at Bali, Indonesia
Video of a Tasselled leatherjacket at Bali, Indonesia
Cite this page as:
Dianne J. Bray, Chaetodermis penicilligerus in Fishes of Australia, accessed 20 Apr 2024, https://fishesofaustralia.net.au/Home/species/800
Tasselled Leatherjacket, Chaetodermis penicilligerus (Cuvier 1816)
More Info
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Distribution |
Recorded in Australian waters from Busselton Jetty, Western Australia, around the north to Sydney, New South Wales. Elsewhere, widespread in coastal waters of the Indo-Pacific. |
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Author |
Dianne J. Bray |
Tasselled Leatherjacket, Chaetodermis penicilligerus (Cuvier 1816)
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