Threadfin Leatherjacket

Arotrolepis filicauda

Fish
IUCN: Least concern

Usual depth21–85 m
Water temperature14–29 °C
Best monthsApril
How commonOccasional

About this species

Arotrolepis filicauda is a filefish found in northern Western Australia, Northern Territory, Queensland, New South Wales, eastern Victoria, northern Tasmania, and southern Papua New Guinea, the sole member of the genus Arotrolepis.

Text from the Wikipedia article “Arotrolepis”, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Read the article

Where and when

Where it has been recorded

Worldwide

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Best months

Worldwide (open data)

January: 6 records
February: 41 records
March: 33 records
April: 112 records
May: 29 records
June: 22 records
July: 4 records
August: 18 records
September: 53 records
October: 63 records
November: 24 records
December: 59 records

Depth and water temperature

Depth

Mostly recorded at 21–85 m · Deepest record: 143 m

0–10 m: 3 records
10–20 m: 30 records
20–30 m: 59 records
30–40 m: 37 records
40–50 m: 37 records
50–60 m: 77 records
60–70 m: 43 records
70–80 m: 27 records
80–90 m: 23 records
90–100 m: 4 records
100–110 m: 4 records
110+ m: 15 records

Water temperature

Recorded in surface water of 14–29 °C

14–16 °C: 2 records
16–18 °C: 21 records
18–20 °C: 1 records
20–22 °C: 34 records
22–24 °C: 32 records
24–26 °C: 69 records
26–28 °C: 52 records
28–30 °C: 27 records

Names and classification

English: Threadfin Leatherjacket, Thread-tailed Leather-jacket

Other scientific names: Monacanthus filicauda, Paramonacanthus filicauda

Similar species

Leatherjacket
Aluterus monoceros
Scrawled filefish
Aluterus scriptus
Broom filefish
Amanses scopas
Barred filefish
Cantherhines dumerilii
Honeycomb filefish
Cantherhines pardalis
Sandwich Isle file
Cantherhines sandwichiensis

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.
Descriptions: Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA, each linked to its article.
Conservation status as published by GBIF (IUCN Red List).
572 open-data records from 1910 to 2017.

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