Rhinoceros Leatherjacket, Pseudalutarius nasicornis (Temminck & Schlegel 1850)


Other Names: Rhino File-fish, Rhinoceros Filefish

A pair of Rhinoceros Leatherjackets, Pseudalutarius nasicornis, at north Sulawesi, Indonesia - male in front. Source: Jim Greenfield / FishBase. License: All rights reserved

Summary:
A slender pale leatherjacket with two brown stripes along the upper sides, a large blackish blotch on the tail, and a long slender dorsal-fin spine positioned in front of the eyes.

Video of a Rhinoceros Leatherjacket in an aquarium.

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Rhinoceros Leatherjacket, Pseudalutarius nasicornis (Temminck & Schlegel 1850)

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Distribution

Recorded from Ashmore Reef, Timor Sea, and off northern Cape York, Queensland, to Sydney, New South Wales; also found on reefs in the Coral Sea. The species occurs elsewhere in the tropical, Indo-west Pacific, from east Africa to the Marianas and New Caledonia, north to southern Japan and south to eastern Australia .
Inhabits sheltered coastal reefs, often in seagrass and weedy areas, and on rubble slopes with rich invertebrate growth.

Features

Dorsal fin II + 46-51; Anal fin 44-48; Pectoral fin 12-13. 
Body relatively slender, snout profile convex, especially in males; pelvic fin rudiment and ventral flap absent; second dorsal-fin spine long, slender, longer than snout; second dorsal and anal fins very low; caudal fin short, rounded. 

Species Citation

Aluteres nasicornis Temminck & Schlegel, 1850, Fauna Japonica 4: 293, pl. 131, fig. 2. Type locality: Japan.

Author

Bray, D.J. 2018

Resources

Australian Faunal Directory

Rhinoceros Leatherjacket, Pseudalutarius nasicornis (Temminck & Schlegel 1850)

References


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Hutchins, J.B. 1986. Monacanthidae. In, Smith, M.M. & Heemstra, P.C. (eds). Smith's Sea Fishes. Johannesburg : Macmillan South Africa xx + 1047 pp. 144 pls.

Hutchins, J.B. 2001. Monacanthidae. pp. 3929-3947 in Carpenter, K.E. & Niem, T.H. (eds). The Living Marine Resources of the Western Central Pacific. FAO Species Identification Guide for Fisheries Purposes. Rome : FAO Vol. 6 pp. 3381-4218.

Johnson, J.W. 2010. Fishes of the Moreton Bay Marine Park and adjacent continental shelf waters, Queensland, Australia. pp. 299-353 in Davie, P.J.F. & Phillips, J.A. Proceedings of the Thirteenth International Marine Biological Workshop, The Marine Fauna and Flora of Moreton Bay. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 54(3)

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Matsuura, K. & Motomura, H. 2016. Pseudalutarius nasicornis (errata version published in 2017). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T70011518A115479077. http://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-1.RLTS.T70011518A70011869.en. Downloaded on 16 July 2018.

Matsuura, K. & Tyler, J.C. 1997. Tetraodontiform fishes, mostly from deep waters, of New Caledonia. Memoires du Museum National d'histoire Naturelle 174: 173–208.

Russell, B.C., Larson, H.K., Hutchins, J.B. & Allen, G.R. 2005. Reef fishes of the Sahul Shelf. The Beagle, Records of the Museums and Art Galleries of the Northern Territory Supplement 1 2005: 83-105.

Temminck, C.J. & Schlegel, H. 1850. Pisces. In, Siebold, P. Fr de (ed.). Fauna Japonica. Leyden : Apud Arnz & Socios Vol. 4 324 pp. 144 pls.

Quick Facts


CAAB Code:37465083

Conservation:IUCN Least Concern

Depth:2-55 m

Fishing:Aquarium fish

Habitat:Reef associated

Max Size:19 cm TL

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