Aluterus heudelotii Dotterel Filefish, Leatherjacket

Aluterus heudelotii is commonly referred to as Dotterel Filefish, Leatherjacket. Difficulty in the aquarium: There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Profile

lexID:

8957 

AphiaID:

159489 

Scientific:

Aluterus heudelotii 

German:

Dotterel-Feilenfisch 

English:

Dotterel Filefish, Leatherjacket 

Category:

Filefishes 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Tetraodontiformes (Order) > Monacanthidae (Family) > Aluterus (Genus) > heudelotii (Species) 

Initial determination:

Hollard, 1855 

Occurrence:

Suriname, Benin, Ghana, Gambia, Sint Eustatius and Saba, Angola, Bermuda, Brazil, Cameroon, Columbia, Congo, Cuba, Equatorial Guinea, Florida, French Guiana, Gabon, Guinea-Bissau, Gulf of Mexico, Guyana, Liberia, Mauritania, Namibia, Nigeria, Panama, São Tomé e Principé, Senegal, Sierra Leone, The Bahamas, the Cape Verde Archipelago, The Gulf of Guinea, the Ivory Coast, the Netherlands Antilles, Togo, Trinidad and Tobago, USA, Venezuela 

Sea depth:

3 - 2000 Meter 

Habitats:

Seawater, Sea water 

Size:

11.81" - 17.72" (30cm - 45cm) 

Temperature:

19,2 °F - 27,9 °F (19,2°C - 27,9°C) 

Food:

Algae (Algivore), Aquatic plant, Sea weed 

Difficulty:

There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully 

Offspring:

Not available as offspring 

Toxicity:

Toxic hazard unknown 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Red List:

Least concern (LC)  

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• 
  Aluterus heudelotii
  Dotterel-Feilenfisch
• 
  Aluterus monoceros
  Einhorn-Feilenfisch
• 
  Aluterus schoepfii
  Oranger Feilenfisch
• 
  Aluterus scriptus
  Schrift-Feilenfisch

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2015-11-15 12:03:25 

Last edit:

2025-04-23 20:13:37 

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