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Aluterus monoceros (Linnaeus, 1758)

To FishBase images (<i>Aluterus monoceros</i>, by Flescher, D.)
To FishBase images (Aluterus monoceros, by Flescher, D.)

127407  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:127407)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Chordata (Phylum)
  4. Vertebrata (Subphylum)
  5. Gnathostomata (Infraphylum)
  6. Osteichthyes (Parvphylum)
  7. Actinopterygii (Gigaclass)
  8. Actinopteri (Superclass)
  9. Teleostei (Class)
  10. Tetraodontiformes (Order)
  11. Monacanthidae (Family)
  12. Aluterus (Genus)
  13. Aluterus monoceros (Species)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Balistes monoceros Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. <em>Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm].</em> 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]
Description Inhabits reefs (Ref. 9318). Occasionally in shallow waters by steep drop-offs. Usually observed either singly or in pairs,...  
Description Inhabits reefs (Ref. 9318). Occasionally in shallow waters by steep drop-offs. Usually observed either singly or in pairs, occasionally in groups of five or six, at less than 10 m depth. Juveniles are pelagic, seen under floating objects (Ref. 9318). [details]

Distribution Western Atlantic: Massachusetts, USA to Argentina   
Distribution Western Atlantic: Massachusetts, USA to Argentina  [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Aluterus monoceros (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=127407 on 2025-04-30
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2004-12-21 15:54:05Z
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van der Land, Jacob
2008-01-15 17:27:08Z
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Bailly, Nicolas

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Nomenclature

original description (of Balistes monoceros Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. <em>Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm].</em> 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

original description (of Balistes serraticornis Fréminville, 1813) Fréminville, C. P. P. (1813). Nouveau Bulletin des Sciences, par la Société Philomathique, Paris. <em>Nouveau Bulletin des Sciences, par la Société Philomathique.</em> v. 3 (no. 67): 249-253, Pl. 4.
page(s): 249, Pl. 4 (fig. 1) [details] 

original description (of Alutera cinerea Temminck & Schlegel, 1850) Temminck, C. J.; Schlegel, H. (1850). Pisces. <em>In: Siebold, P. F. de (ed.): Fauna Japonica, sive descriptio animalium, quae in itinere per Japoniam ... suscepto annis 1823-1830 collegit, notis, observationibus et adumbrationibus illustravit Ph. Fr. de Siebold. Lugduni Batavorum [Leiden] (A. Arnz et soc.). Last part (15): 270-324.</em> [details] OpenAccess publication

original description (of Aluterus anginosus Hollard, 1855) Hollard, H. L. G. M. (1855). Monographie de la famille des balistides. (Suite et fin). <em>Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Paris (Zoologie) (Sér. 4).</em> v. 4: 5-27, Pl. 1. [details] 

original description (of Monacanthus anginosus Hollard, 1853) Guichenot, A. (1843). Peces. <em>In: Sagra, R. de la: Historia fisica, politica y natural de la isla de Cuba. Segunda parte. Historia natural. Tomo 4. Reptiles y peces. Arthus Bertrand, Paris. [In Spanish].</em> Pp. 145-254, Pls. 1-5. [details] 

basis of record van der Land, J.; Costello, M.J.; Zavodnik, D.; Santos, R.S.; Porteiro, F.M.; Bailly, N.; Eschmeyer, W.N.; Froese, R. (2001). Pisces, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 357-374 (look up in IMIS) [details] 

Ecology

ecology source Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details] OpenAccess publication

Other

context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details] 

context source (HKRMS) Hong Kong marine fish database. <em>AFCD.</em> , available online at https://www.hk-fish.net/en/fish/introduction/ [details] 

context source (Bermuda) Smith-Vaniz, W. F.; Collette, B. B.; Luckhurst, B. E (1999). Fishes of Bermuda: History, zoogeography, annotated checklist, and identification keys (American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists - Special Publication No.4) . ASIH, 424 pp. [details] 

context source (PeRMS) Chirichigno, N.; Cornejo, M. (2001). Catálogo comentado de los peces marinos del Perú. <em>2ª ed. Instituto del Mar de Perú. Publicación Especial. Callao.</em> 314 p. [details] 

additional source Robins, C. R.; Ray, G. C.; Douglass, J.; Freund, R. (1986). A field guide to Atlantic coast fishes of North America. <em>Houghton Mifflin Co. Boston.</em> 1-354. [details] 

additional source King, C.M.; Roberts, C.D.; Bell, B.D.; Fordyce, R.E.; Nicoll, R.S.; Worthy, T.H.; Paulin, C.D.; Hitchmough, R.A.; Keyes, I.W.; Baker, A.N.; Stewart, A.L.; Hiller, N.; McDowall, R.M.; Holdaway, R.N.; McPhee, R.P.; Schwarzhans, W.W.; Tennyson, A.J.D.; Rust, S.; Macadie, I. (2009). Phylum Chordata: lancelets, fishes, amphibians, reptiles, birds, mammals. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> pp. 431-554. [details] 

additional source McEachran, J. D. (2009). Fishes (Vertebrata: Pisces) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 1223–1316 in: Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. [details] 

additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source Zenetos, A., S. Gofas, M. Verlaque, M. Cinar, J. Garcia Raso, C. Bianchi, C. Morri, E. Azzurro, M. Bilecenoglu, C. Froglia, I. Siokou, D. Violanti, A. Sfriso, G. San Martin, A. Giangrande, T. Katagan, E. Ballesteros, A. Ramos-Espla, F. Mastrototaro, O. Ocana, A. Zingone, M,. Gambi & N. Streftaris. (2010). Alien species in the Mediterranean Sea by 2010. A contribution to the application of European Union's Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD). Part I. Spatial distribution. <em>Mediterranean Marine Science.</em> 11(2): 381-493., available online at https://doi.org/10.12681/mms.87 [details] OpenAccess publication

additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details] 

 
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

Unreviewed
Description Inhabits reefs (Ref. 9318). Occasionally in shallow waters by steep drop-offs. Usually observed either singly or in pairs, occasionally in groups of five or six, at less than 10 m depth. Juveniles are pelagic, seen under floating objects (Ref. 9318). [details]

Distribution Western Atlantic: Massachusetts, USA to Argentina  [details]
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English unicorn leatherjacketunicorn filefishleatherjacket  [details]
Japanese ウスバハギ  [details]
Spanish lija barbuda  [details]
To Barcode of Life (73 barcodes) 
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Monacanthus anginosus Hollard, 1853)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Alutera monocera (Linnaeus, 1758))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (15 publications) 
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (21 publications) (from synonym Alutera cinerea Temminck & Schlegel, 1850)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (50 publications) (from synonym Alutera monoceros (Linnaeus, 1758))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Balistes serraticornis Fréminville, 1813)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Alutarius macracanthus Bleeker, 1851)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (60 publications) (from synonym Balistes monoceros Linnaeus, 1758)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications) (from synonym Aluteres berardi Lesson, 1831)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications) (from synonym Alutarius amphacanthoides Bleeker, 1851)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications) (from synonym Aluterus anginosus Hollard, 1855)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications) (from synonym Alutera guntheriana Poey, 1863)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Balistes monoceros Linnaeus, 1758)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) 
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Aluterus monoceros) 
To FishBase (from synonym Aluterus anginosus Hollard, 1855)
To FishBase (from synonym Balistes monoceros Linnaeus, 1758)
To FishBase (from synonym Balistes serraticornis Fréminville, 1813)
To FishBase 
To FishBase (from synonym Alutera monocera (Linnaeus, 1758))
To FishBase (from synonym Alutera guntheriana Poey, 1863)
To FishBase (from synonym Monacanthus anginosus Hollard, 1853)
To FishBase (from synonym Alutera cinerea Temminck & Schlegel, 1850)
To FishBase (from synonym Alutarius macracanthus Bleeker, 1851)
To FishBase (from synonym Aluetera monocerus (Linnaeus, 1758))
To FishBase (from synonym Alutarius amphacanthoides Bleeker, 1851)
To FishBase (from synonym Alutera monoceros (Linnaeus, 1758))
To FishBase (from synonym Aluteres berardi Lesson, 1831)
To FishBase images (Aluterus monoceros, by Flescher, D.) 
To GenBank (57 nucleotides; 89 proteins) 
To GenBank (57 nucleotides; 89 proteins) (from synonym Balistes monoceros Linnaeus, 1758)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI) 
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern) 
To NMNH Extant Collection (Aluterus monoceros RAD119756-001) 
To NMNH Extant Collection (Aluterus monoceros RAD119758-001) 
To PESI 
To ITIS
From editor or global species database
To FishBase images (<i>Aluterus monoceros</i>, by Flescher, D.)
To FishBase images (Aluterus monoceros, by Flescher, D.)
Hosted externally
Unreviewed
To NMNH Extant Collection (Aluterus monoceros RAD119756-001)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Aluterus monoceros RAD119756-001)
Hosted externally
To NMNH Extant Collection (Aluterus monoceros RAD119758-001)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Aluterus monoceros RAD119758-001)
Hosted externally

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