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Acreichthys tomentosus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Bristle-tail file-fish
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Fiji (Republic of) country information

Common names: [No common name]
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
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Uses: no uses
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National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/fj.html
National Fisheries Authority:
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Lieske, E. and R. Myers, 1994
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Bristle-tailed leatherjacket, Seagrass filefish, Bristle-tail leatherjacket, ... more

Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes (gen., sp.) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

Actinopteri (ray-finned fishes) > Tetraodontiformes (Puffers and filefishes) > Monacanthidae (Filefishes)
Etymology: Acreichthys: Greek, akre, -as = terminal, topmost + Greek, ichthys = fish (Ref. 45335).  More on author: Linnaeus.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Marine; reef-associated; non-migratory; depth range 2 - 15 m (Ref. 48637).   Tropical; 30°N - 27°S, 55°E - 174°W

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Indo-West Pacific: East Africa to Fiji, north to the Ryukyu Islands, south to New South Wales (Australia). Recently recorded from Tonga (Ref. 53797).

Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 14.0 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 108462)

Short description Morphology | Morphometrics

Dorsal soft rays (total): 27-30; Anal spines: 0; Anal soft rays: 26 - 29.

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Adults inhabit reef, weed, and rubble areas on shallow coral reefs (Ref. 43248, 48637), commonly found in seagrasses (Ref. 58881). Solitary (Ref. 90102). Major food items include amphipods, polychaetes and molluscs (Ref. 58881). Oviparous (Ref. 205).

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Main reference Upload your references | References | Coordinator : Hutchins, Barry | Collaborators

Masuda, H., K. Amaoka, C. Araga, T. Uyeno and T. Yoshino, 1984. The fishes of the Japanese Archipelago. Vol. 1. Tokai University Press, Tokyo, Japan. 437 p. (text). (Ref. 559)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 123251)

  Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 02 March 2015

CITES (Ref. 123416)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless




Human uses

Fisheries: minor commercial; aquarium: commercial
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Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 115969): 25.4 - 29.1, mean 28.6 (based on 2014 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82805):  PD50 = 0.6250   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.02818 (0.01716 - 0.04630), b=2.96 (2.81 - 3.11), in cm Total Length, based on LWR estimates for this species & (Sub)family-body (Ref. 93245).
Trophic level (Ref. 69278):  3.0   ±0.39 se; based on food items.
Resilience (Ref. 69278):  High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (K=0.86;).
Vulnerability (Ref. 59153):  Low vulnerability (16 of 100) .
Price category (Ref. 80766):   Unknown.