Brown Leatherjacket
Acanthaluteres vittiger
- Usual depth5–12 m
- Water temperature14–23 °C
- Best monthsMarch, May, and June
- How commonOccasional
Where and when
Where it has been recorded
Worldwide
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Best months
Worldwide (open data)
- January: 172 records
- February: 187 records
- March: 316 records
- April: 268 records
- May: 337 records
- June: 269 records
- July: 73 records
- August: 61 records
- September: 74 records
- October: 201 records
- November: 151 records
- December: 138 records
Depth and water temperature
Depth
Mostly recorded at 5–12 m · Deepest record: 87 m
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 14–23 °C
Names and classification
- English
- Brown Leatherjacket, Pale Brown Leatherjacket, Toothbrush Leatherjacket
Names in 1 more languages
- Simplified Chinese
- 饰圈刺尾革单棘鲀
Other scientific names: Acanthaluteres guntheri, Cantherines guntheri, Monacanthus guntheri, Monacanthus vittiger, Penicipelta vittiger
Similar species
- Spiny-tailed Leatherjacket
Acanthaluteres brownii
- Bridled Leatherjacket
Acanthaluteres spilomelanurus
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).
- 3,416 open-data records from 1884 to 2023.
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