Aluterus
| Aluterus Temporal range:
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| Aluterus monoceros | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| 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]
Taxonomy
There are currently 4 recognized extant species in this genus:[4]
| Species | Common name | Image |
|---|---|---|
| Aluterus heudelotii
Hollard, 1855 |
Dotterel filefish | |
| Aluterus monoceros
Linnaeus, 1758 |
Unicorn leatherjacket filefish | |
| Aluterus schoepfii
Walbaum, 1792 |
Orange filefish | |
| Aluterus scriptus
Osbeck, 1765 |
Scribbled leatherjacket filefish |
The fossil species †Aluterus shigensis Miyajima, Koike & Matsuoka, 2014 is known from the Middle Miocene of Nagano, Japan.[5]
The following cladogram is based on a 2016 molecular study of filefish and triggerfish (Balistidae):[2]
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References
- ^ "Davidia Miranda Ribeiro, 1915". Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
- ^ a b "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.
- ^ 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. ISSN 1175-5334. PMID 24869542.