Yellowfin Leatherjacket

Where and when

Where it has been recorded

Worldwide

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Best months

Worldwide (open data)

January: 232 records
February: 184 records
March: 261 records
April: 219 records
May: 200 records
June: 264 records
July: 171 records
August: 188 records
September: 209 records
October: 196 records
November: 130 records
December: 242 records

Depth and water temperature

Depth

Mostly recorded at 14–64 m · Deepest record: 164 m

0–10 m: 13 records
10–20 m: 25 records
20–30 m: 25 records
30–40 m: 21 records
40–50 m: 13 records
50–60 m: 38 records
60–70 m: 20 records
70–80 m: 4 records
80–90 m: 0 records
90–100 m: 0 records
100–110 m: 0 records
110+ m: 2 records

Water temperature

Recorded in surface water of 14–24 °C

14–16 °C: 3 records
16–18 °C: 1 records
18–20 °C: 35 records
20–22 °C: 124 records
22–24 °C: 32 records

Photos

(c) Tim, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Hugh Chan, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Rosie Steinberg, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Bryce Watts-Parker, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Ben Jobson, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Adelma Hills, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Graham Cleaver, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist

Names and classification

English: Yellowfin Leatherjacket, yellowfinned leatherjacket, Yellow-finned Leather-jacket, Yellow-finned Leatherjacket

Names in 2 more languages

Spanish: Pez Lija de Aleta Amarilla
Simplified Chinese: 挫鳞似马面单棘鲀

Other scientific names: Monacanthus trachylepis

Similar species

Cosmopolitan Leatherjacket
Meuschenia scabra
Brown-striped Leatherjacket
Meuschenia australis
Orange-tailed Leatherjacket
Meuschenia flavolineata
Xix-spined leatherjacket
Meuschenia freycineti
Blue-lined Leatherjacket
Meuschenia galii
Horse-shoe Leatherjacket
Meuschenia hippocrepis

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).
1,394 open-data records from 1939 to 2023.
Species data updated November 4, 2026.