Paramonacanthus otisensis Horse-face Leather-jacket, Dusky Leatherjacket

Paramonacanthus otisensis is commonly referred to as Horse-face Leather-jacket, Dusky 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.

Rudie Hermann Kuiter, Aquatic Photographics, Australien

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Scientific:: Paramonacanthus otisensis
German:: Feilenfisch
English:: Horse-face Leather-jacket, Dusky Leatherjacket

Category:: Filefishes

Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Teleostei (Class) > Tetraodontiformes (Order) > Monacanthidae (Family) > Paramonacanthus (Genus) > otisensis (Species)
Initial determination:: Whitley, 1931

Occurrence:: East Coast Australia, New South Wales (Australia), Queensland (Australia)
Marine Zone:: Subtidal, sublittoral, infralittoral, deep zone of the oceans from the lower limit of the intertidal zone (intertidal) to the shelf edge at about 200 m water depth. neritic.
Sea depth:: 5 - 36 Meter
Habitats:: Algae zones, Port facilities, Sandy sea floors, Seagrass meadows, Eelgrass Meadows, Weedy areas
Size:: 4.33" - 5.51" (11cm - 14cm)
Temperature:: 75.74 °F - 83.12 °F (24.3°C - 28.4°C)
Food:: No reliable information available
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:

Paramonacanthus arabicus
Paramonacanthus choirocephalus
Paramonacanthus cryptodon
Paramonacanthus curtorhynchos
Feilenfisch
Paramonacanthus frenatus
Paramonacanthus japonicus
Feilenfisch
Paramonacanthus lowei
Paramonacanthus matsuurai
Paramonacanthus nematophorus
Feilenfisch
Paramonacanthus nipponensis
Paramonacanthus oblongus
Haarflossen-Feiilenfisch, Japanese Leatherjacket
Paramonacanthus otisensis
Feilenfisch
Paramonacanthus pusillus
Feilenfisch
Paramonacanthus sulcatus
Feilenfisch
Paramonacanthus tricuspis
Feilenfisch

Author:: Meerwasser-Lexikon Team
Publisher:: Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:: 2024-05-23 19:03:00
Last edit:: 2024-05-25 11:26:25

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Paramonacanthus otisensis is pale gray or yellow to brown with a variable dark pattern, other specimens are black, brown silvery or whitish.

The habitat is sandy bottoms near the coast and seagrass meadows.

A filefish that is not specifically targeted in the specialist trade.

Synonyms:
Arotrolepis barbarae Fraser-Brunner, 1941 · unaccepted (synonym)
Paramonacanthus oblongus otisensis Whitley, 1931 · unaccepted

External links

FishBase (multi). Abgerufen am 23.05.2024.
Fishes of Australia (en). Abgerufen am 23.05.2024.
IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (multi). Abgerufen am 23.05.2024.
Parasitic copepods of the family Taeniacanthidae (Crustacea) from triggerfishes (Teleostei, Balistidae) and filefishes (Teleostei, Monacanthidae) collected in the Indo-West Pacific region, with descriptions of two new species of Taeniacanthus Sumpf, 1871 (en). Abgerufen am 23.05.2024.
Port Stephens Marine Life (en). Abgerufen am 23.05.2024.
Review of the monacanthid fish genus Paramonacanthus, with descriptions of three new species (en). Abgerufen am 23.05.2024.
Taxonomy and systematics of tetraodontiform fishes: a review focusing primarily on progress in the period from 1980 to 2014 (en). Abgerufen am 23.05.2024.

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