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CAAB: 37465042

Species Acreichthys tomentosus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Bristle-tail Leatherjacket, Banded Leather-jacket, Bristle-tail File-fish, Bristle-tailed Leatherjacket, Matted Leatherjacket, Seagrass Filefish

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland


Extra Distribution Information

Groote Eylandt (136°40'E), NT, Murray Islands (9°56'S) and Moreton Bay (27°25'S), QLD, records from Australia unconfirmed, see Hutchins (2001); tropical, east-Indo-west Pacific.


IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)

IMCRA

Northern Shelf Province (25), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Distribution References

Ecological Descriptors

Coral reef, inshore, rubble bottom, weed beds.

 

History of changes

Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.
Published As part of group Action Date Action Type Compiler(s)
12-Feb-2010 (import)