Scribbled leatherjacket filefish (Aluterus scriptus) fish species and information / pictures of Scribbled leatherjacket filefish - Aluterus scriptus

Scribbled leatherjacket filefish (Aluterus scriptus) fish species information

Scientific Name
Aluterus scriptus

Common Name
Scribbled leatherjacket filefish

Biology
Dorsal spines (total): 2; Dorsal soft rays (total): 43-50; Anal spines: 0; Anal soft rays: 46 - 52. Snout concave (Ref. 1602); olive brown to grey in color, juveniles may be yellowish brown with dark spots (Ref. 4421). Elongate, strongly compressed filefish; tan with blue lines and spots. Caudal fin rounded (Ref. 26938) and long (Ref. 13442). Gill opening oblique, pelvic terminus rudimentary or absent; body and head with scattered small black spots (Ref. 13442).

Classification

Classified By

Osbeck, 1765

Class

Ray-finned fishes (Actinopterygii)

Order

Puffers and Filefishes (Tetraodontiformes)

Family

Filefishes (Monacanthidae)

Distribution

Region

Circumtropical. Western Atlantic

Distribution

Circumtropical. Western Atlantic: Nova Scotia, Canada and northern Gulf of Mexico to Brazil (Ref. 7251). Eastern Atlantic: St. Paul's Rocks (Ref. 13121), Cape Verde and Ascension Island (Ref. 3592); S?o Tom? Island (Ref. 34088); South Africa (Ref. 4421). Pacific Ocean: southern Japan to the southern Great Barrier Reef, New Caledonia and Easter Island (Ref. 37816). In the eastern Pacific, from the Gulf of California to Colombia (Ref. 9318).

Range

46°N - 24°S

Environment

Climate

Subtropical

Water Temperature From

Unknown °C

Water Temperature To

Unknown °C

Depth From - meters

3 m

Depth To - meters

120 m

Zone

reef-associated

Environment

Marine; reef-associated; depth range 3 - 120 m (Ref. 36484), usually 3 - 20 m (Ref. 40849)

Trophic Level

2.76 s.e. 0.45 Based on diet studies.

Occurs in Marine / Salt water

True

Occurs in Brackish water

False

Occurs in Fresh Water

False

Occurs on Reefs

True

Is kept in Aquariums

True

Physical Size and Genetics

Maximum Length

110 cm

Common Length

55.0 cm

Phylogenetic Diversity Index

PD50 = 0.5312 many relatives (e.g. carps) 0.5 - 2.0 few relatives (e.g. lungfishes)

Human Uses and Population

Human Uses

Gamefish: yes; aquarium: commercial

Vulnerability

High to very high vulnerability (70 of 100)

Resilience

Medium, minimum population doubling time 1.4 - 4.4 years (Assuming tm=3-4)

Threat To Humans

  Reports of ciguatera poisoning (Ref. 4690)

IUCN Red List Status

  Not Evaluated