Biology:Aluterus
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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,[1] reaching 1.1 metres (3 ft 7 in) in total length.[2]
Taxonomy
There are currently 4 recognized extant species in this genus:[3]
| Species | Common name | Image |
|---|---|---|
| Aluterus heudelotii
Hollard, 1855 |
Dotterel filefish | frameless |
| Aluterus monoceros
Linnaeus, 1758 |
Unicorn leatherjacket filefish | frameless |
| Aluterus schoepfii
Walbaum, 1792 |
Orange filefish | frameless |
| Aluterus scriptus
Osbeck, 1765 |
Scribbled leatherjacket filefish | frameless |
The fossil species †Aluterus shigensis Miyajima, Koike & Matsuoka, 2014 is known from the Middle Miocene of Nagano, Japan.[4]
The following cladogram is based on a 2016 molecular study of filefish and triggerfish (Balistidae):[1]
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References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "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. https://www.fishbase.ca/summary/4275.
- ↑ 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" (in en). Zootaxa 3786 (3): 382–400. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3786.3.7. ISSN 1175-5334. PMID 24869542. https://mapress.com/zt/article/view/zootaxa.3786.3.7.
Wikidata ☰ Q586316 entry
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