Pig faced leather jacket (Paramonacanthus choirocephalus)

Scientific name: Paramonacanthus choirocephalus Bleeker, 1852

Pig faced leather jacket (Paramonacanthus choirocephalus)

The Pig faced leather jacket (Paramonacanthus choirocephalus) is a marine fish of the family Monacanthidae. Native range: Western Pacific, Thailand, Malaysia, northwestern Australia, Philippines, Indonesia, and New Guinea.

Biology

Dorsal spines (total): 2; Dorsal soft rays (total): 27-31; Anal spines: 0; Anal soft rays: 28 - 32; Vertebrae: 19. Dorsal profile of snout straight to convex in male, small hump sometimes over or slightly in advance of nostrils; straight to concave in female and juvenile, without hump. First dorsal spine originating over posterior half of eye, or slightly behind eye. With dark brown to dusky blotches, sometimes tending to form two curved, oblique stripes on body, first from rear of soft dorsal fin to pectoral fin, second from caudal fin base to ventral flap; three dark brown blotches nearly always present.

Source: FishBase, licensed CC BY-NC 4.0.

Species facts

Scientific name
Paramonacanthus choirocephalus
Family
Monacanthidae (Filefishes)
Order
Tetraodontiformes (Puffers and Filefishes)
Class
Actinopterygii (Ray-finned fishes)
Maximum length
11.0
Depth range
8 m (26 ft)
Environment
Marine; demersal; depth range ? - 8 m
Climate
Tropical
Distribution
Western Pacific: Thailand, Malaysia, northwestern Australia, Philippines, Indonesia, and New Guinea.
Conservation status (IUCN)
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Harmless
Resilience
High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (Preliminary K or Fecundity.)

Sources

Taxonomy, distribution and biology data: FishBase (Froese, R. and D. Pauly, eds.), licensed CC BY-NC 4.0.

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