''Aluterus'' is a
genus of
filefish
The filefish (Monacanthidae) are a diverse family of tropical to subtropical tetraodontiform marine fish, which are also known as foolfish, leatherjackets or shingles. They live in the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian Oceans. Filefish are closely rel ...
es.
Species
There are currently 4 recognized species in this genus:
[Matsuura, K. (2014): Taxonomy and systematics of tetraodontiform fishes: a review focusing primarily on progress in the period from 1980 to 2014. ''Ichthyological Research, 62 (1): 72-113.'']
* ''
Aluterus heudelotii''
Hollard
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, 1855 (Dotterel filefish)
* ''
Aluterus monoceros''
Linnaeus, 1758 (Unicorn leatherjacket filefish)
* ''
Aluterus schoepfii''
Walbaum, 1792 (Orange filefish)
* ''
Aluterus scriptus''
Osbeck
Pehr Osbeck (1723 – 23 December 1805) was a Swedish explorer, naturalist and an apostle of Carl Linnaeus. He was born in the parish of Hålanda on Västergötland and studied at Uppsala with Carolus Linnaeus.
Naturalist in Canton
In 1750†...
, 1765 (Scribbled leatherjacket filefish)
References
Monacanthidae
Marine fish genera
Taxa named by Hippolyte Cloquet
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