Chinaman-leatherjacket
Appearance
Chinaman-leatherjacket | |
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Drawing by Dr Tony Ayling | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Tetraodontiformes |
Family: | Monacanthidae |
Genus: | Nelusetta Whitley, 1939 |
Species: | N. ayraud
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Binomial name | |
Nelusetta ayraud |
Nelusetta ayraud also known as the Chinaman-leatherjacket[1] or ocean jacket[2] is a filefish of the family Monacanthidae, found around Australia to depths of about 360 metres (1,180 ft). This species grows to a length of 100 centimetres (39 in) TL. This species is a component of local commercial fisheries.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ "Nelusetta ayraud, Chinaman-leatherjacket : Fisheries".
- ^ "Ocean jacket". 14 March 2014.
- ^ 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.