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Unicorn leatherjacket

Characteristics

  • Mainly feeds on benthic organisms.
  • Females mature around 50 cm.

Description

  • Body pale grey to pale brown with pale brown dots.
  • A thin spine above eyes.

Common Name: Unicorn filefish, Unicorn leatherjacket

Family Common Name: Filefishes

Family: Monacanthidae

Scientific Name: Aluterus monoceros___(Linnaeus, 1758)

Genus: Aluterus

Maximum Length: Max length: 110 cm (Total Length)

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未評估
Not Evaluated (ne)
數據缺乏
Data Deficient (dd)
無危
Least Concern (lc)
近危
Near Threatened (nt)
易危
Vulnerable (vu)
瀕危
Endangered (en)
極危
Critically Endangered (cr)
絕滅
Extinct (ex)
Unicorn leatherjacket

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