Chinaman-leatherjacket

Chinaman-leatherjacket
	Drawing by Dr Tony Ayling
Conservation status
	Not evaluated (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Tetraodontiformes
Family:	Monacanthidae
Genus:	Nelusetta; Whitley, 1939
Species:	N. ayraud
Binomial name
	Nelusetta ayraud; (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824)

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

^ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/Nelusetta-ayraud.html
^ https://www.afma.gov.au/fisheries-management/species/ocean-jacket
^ 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.

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[1] ttp://www.fishbase.org/summary/Nelusetta-ayraud.html

[2] ttps://www.afma.gov.au/fisheries-management/species/ocean-jacket

[Matsuura2014-3] 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.

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