Spiny-tailed Leatherjacket
Acanthaluteres brownii
- Usual depth4–67 m
- Water temperature17–23 °C
- Best monthsMarch, April, and December
- How commonOccasional
Where and when
Where it has been recorded
Worldwide
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Best months
Worldwide (open data)
- January: 1 records
- February: 0 records
- March: 9 records
- April: 6 records
- May: 3 records
- June: 0 records
- July: 1 records
- August: 0 records
- September: 5 records
- October: 1 records
- November: 6 records
- December: 7 records
Depth and water temperature
Depth
Mostly recorded at 4–67 m · Deepest record: 73.5 m
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 17–23 °C
Names and classification
- English
- Spiny-tailed Leatherjacket, Spiny-tail Leatherjacket, Spinytail Leatherjacket
Other scientific names: Aleuterius brownii, Bigener brownii, Monacanthus castelnaui, Monacanthus lineoguttatus, Monacanthus yagoi
Similar species
- Bridled Leatherjacket
Acanthaluteres spilomelanurus
- Brown Leatherjacket
Acanthaluteres vittiger
LeatherjacketAluterus monoceros
Scrawled filefishAluterus scriptus
Broom filefishAmanses scopas
Barred filefishCantherhines dumerilii
Sources and credits
Names and taxonomy: WoRMS (CC BY 4.0) and the GBIF Backbone (CC BY 4.0). Photos: iNaturalist observers, each under the licence shown (CC0, CC BY or CC BY-SA).
- Depth, temperature, months and maps: records from OBIS and GBIF under CC0 or CC BY.
- Conservation status as published by GBIF (IUCN Red List).
- 307 open-data records from 1939 to 2008.
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