Aluterus
| Aluterus Temporal range:
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| Aluterus monoceros | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Tetraodontiformes |
| Family: | Monacanthidae |
| Genus: | Aluterus Cloquet, 1816 |
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Aluterus is a genus of filefishes.
Species
There are currently 4 recognized extant species in this genus:[2]
| Species | Common name | Image |
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| Aluterus heudelotii
Hollard, 1855 |
Dotterel filefish | 
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| Aluterus monoceros
Linnaeus, 1758 |
Unicorn leatherjacket filefish | .jpg)
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| Aluterus schoepfii
Walbaum, 1792 |
Orange filefish | 
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| Aluterus scriptus
Osbeck, 1765 |
Scribbled leatherjacket filefish | .png)
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Fossil record
The fossil species †Aluterus shigensis Miyajima, Koike & Matsuoka, 2014 is known from the Middle Miocene of Nagano, Japan.[3]
References
- ^ "Davidia Miranda Ribeiro, 1915". Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
- ^ 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". Zootaxa. 3786 (3): 382–400. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3786.3.7. ISSN 1175-5334. PMID 24869542.