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| Aluterus Temporal range: | |
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| Aluterus monoceros | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Division: | Teleostei |
| Order: | Tetraodontiformes |
| Family: | Monacanthidae |
| Genus: | Aluterus Cloquet, 1816 |
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Aluterus is a genus of filefishes. This genus is larger-bodied than many other monacanthids, with Aluterus scriptus being the largest filefish species,[2] reaching 1.1 metres (3 ft 7 in) in total length.[3]
The ability of Aluterus to rapidly change color has often been observed, which primarily thought to be for camouflage.[4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11] This ability has not yet been studied scientifically.
Taxonomy
[edit]There are currently 4 recognized extant species in this genus:[12]
| Species | Common name | Image |
|---|---|---|
| Aluterus heudelotii
Hollard, 1855 |
Dotterel filefish |  |
| Aluterus monoceros
Linnaeus, 1758 |
Unicorn leatherjacket filefish | .jpg) |
| Aluterus schoepfii
Walbaum, 1792 |
Orange filefish |  |
| Aluterus scriptus
Osbeck, 1765 |
Scribbled leatherjacket filefish | .png) |
The fossil species †Aluterus shigensis Miyajima, Koike & Matsuoka, 2014 is known from the Middle Miocene of Nagano, Japan.[13]
The following cladogram is based on a 2016 molecular study of filefish and triggerfish (Balistidae):[2]
References
[edit]- ↑ "Davidia Miranda Ribeiro, 1915". Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
- 1 2 "Phylogenetic relationships and the evolution of BMP4 in triggerfishes and filefishes (Balistoidea)". Elsevier Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 94. January 2016. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2015.09.014.
- ↑ "Aluterus scriptus (Osbeck, 1765) Scrawled Filefish". FishBase. Retrieved 7 February 2026.
- ↑ Marijke. "Scrawled Filefish A Color-Changing Fish!". SnorkelThings.com. Retrieved 25 August 2026.
- ↑ "Same fish, different colors". Mieke's Bonaire. Retrieved 25 August 2026.
- ↑ "Scribbled File Fish". Black Turtle Dive. Retrieved 25 August 2026.
- ↑ "Aluterus scriptus". reef app. Retrieved 25 August 2026.
- ↑ "Unicorn Filefish". Mexican Fish.com. Retrieved 25 August 2026.
- ↑ "Orange Filefish". Mexican Fish.com. Retrieved 25 August 2026.
- ↑ "Scrawled Filefish". Mexican Fish.com. Retrieved 25 August 2026.
- ↑ "Aluterus scriptus". Monaco Nature Encyclopedia. Retrieved 25 August 2026.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ Miyajima, Yusuke; Koike, Hakuichi; Matsuoka, Hiroshige (2014-04-10). "First fossil occurrence of a filefish (Tetraodontiformes; Monacanthidae) in Asia, from the Middle Miocene in Nagano Prefecture, central Japan". Zootaxa. 3786 (3): 382–400. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3786.3.7. hdl:2433/190960. ISSN 1175-5334. PMID 24869542.
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