Scobinichthys
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Tetraodontiformes |
| Family: | Monacanthidae |
| Genus: | Scobinichthys Whitley, 1931 |
| Species: | S. granulatus
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| Binomial name | |
| Scobinichthys granulatus (J. White, 1790)
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Scobinichthys granulatus also known as the rough leatherjackets is a species of filefish native to the coastal waters of southern Australia. It lives on rocky reefs and in beds of seagrass.[1] This species grows to a length of 30 centimetres (12 in) TL. It is the only known member of the monotypic genus Scobinichthys.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ D.J. Bray, M.F. Gomon (2011). Rough Leatherjacket, Scobinichthys granulatus. Taxonomic Toolkit for marine life of Port Phillip Bay, Museum Victoria. Accessed April 2024.
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- ^ 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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