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Monacanthidae (Filefishes)
Etymology: Aluterus: Name from Greek meaning not free or detached, referring to the pelvis that does not form a spiny project (as it does in triggerfish) (R. Chandler, pers. Comm. 10/2014).
Eponymy: Jean-Pierre Heudelot (1802–1837) was a French botanist, agriculturalist, plant collector and explorer in Guinea, Senegal, Madagascar and Cape Verde Islands (1825–1837). [...] (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
Entorno: milieu / zona climática / rango de profundidad / gama de distribución
Ecología
marino demersal; rango de profundidad 3 - 2000 m (Ref. 58018), usually 10 - 100 m (Ref. 3592). Tropical; 43°N - 29°S, 98°W - 15°E
Atlantic Ocean: western Atlantic (from Massachusetts and Bermuda to Brazil) and eastern Atlantic (from Mauritania to Angola).
Tamaño / Peso / Edad
Madurez: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 45.0 cm TL macho / no sexado; (Ref. 3592); common length : 30.0 cm TL macho / no sexado; (Ref. 26999)
Espinas dorsales (total) : 2; Radios blandos dorsales (total) : 36 - 41; Espinas anales: 0; Radios blandos anales: 39 - 44. The rudimentary pelvic spine disappears in specimen larger than 13.5 cm SL (Ref. 36453).
Body shape (shape guide): short and / or deep.
Ciclo vital y comportamiento de apareamiento
Madurez | Reproducción | Puesta | Huevos | Fecundidad | Larva
Distinct pairing (Ref. 205).
Robins, C.R. and G.C. Ray, 1986. A field guide to Atlantic coast fishes of North America. Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, U.S.A. 354 p. (Ref. 7251)
Situación en la Lista Roja de la UICN (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2 (Global))
Amenaza para el ser humano
Harmless
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Estimaciones basadas en modelos
Temperatura preferida (Referencia
123201): 19.2 - 27.9, mean 24.8 °C (based on 816 cells).
Índice de diversidad filogenética (Referencia
82804): PD
50 = 0.5625 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.01905 (0.00905 - 0.04012), b=2.93 (2.75 - 3.11), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref.
93245).
Nivel trófico (Referencia
69278): 2.0 ±0.00 se; based on food items.
Resiliencia (Referencia
120179): Medio, población duplicada en un tiempo mínimo de 1.4-4.4 años (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Vulnerabilidad pesquera (Ref.
59153): Low to moderate vulnerability (35 of 100).
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