Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Cladus: Craniata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Megaclassis: Osteichthyes
Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii
Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri
Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii
Infraclassis: Teleostei
Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai
Supercohors: Clupeocephala
Cohors: Euteleosteomorpha
Subcohors: Neoteleostei
Infracohors: Eurypterygia
Sectio: Ctenosquamata
Subsectio: Acanthomorphata
Divisio/Superordo: Acanthopterygii
Subdivisio: Percomorphaceae
Series: Eupercaria
Ordo: Tetraodontiformes
Familia: Monacanthidae
Genus: Aluterus
Species: A. heudelotii – A. monoceros – A. schoepfii - A. scriptus – †A. shigensis
Name
Aluterus Cloquet, 1816
Type species: Balistes monoceros Linnaeus, 1758
Synonyms
Alutera Oken, 1817
Ceratacanthus Gill, 1861
Davidia Miranda Ribeiro, 1915
Osbeckia Jordan & Evermann, 1896
References
Cloquet, H., 1816-30: [Pisces accounts.] In: Dictionnaire des sciences naturelles. Volumes 1-60. [Initials after accounts correspond to authors given in Vol. 1; fish accounts by Lacepède (L. L.), Duméril (C. D.), Daudin (F. M. D.) and Cloquet (H. C.)]. Reference page.
Links
Aluterus – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
Aluterus is a genus of filefishes.
Species
There are currently 4 recognized species in this genus:[2]
Aluterus heudelotii Hollard, 1855 (Dotterel filefish)
Aluterus monoceros Linnaeus, 1758 (Unicorn leatherjacket filefish)
Aluterus schoepfii Walbaum, 1792 (Orange filefish)
Aluterus scriptus Osbeck, 1765 (Scribbled leatherjacket filefish)
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.
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