Monacanthidae - Leatherjackets

Use the table to access images and fact sheets of the monacanthid fishes on the site.

Fanbelly Leatherjacket at Fly Point Marine Reserve
Dave Harasti © Dave Harasti

Acanthaluteres spilomelanurus	Bridled Leatherjacket
Acanthaluteres vittiger	Toothbrush Leatherjacket
Anacanthus barbatus	Bearded Leatherjacket
Aluterus monoceros	Unicorn Leatherjacket
Aluterus scriptus	Scribbled Leatherjacket
Brachaluteres jacksonianus	Southern Pygmy Leatherjacket
Cantherhines dumerilii	Barred Leatherjacket
Cantherhines fronticinctus	Spectacled Leatherjacket
Cantheschenia longipinnis	Smoothspine Leatherjacket
Chaetodermis penicilligera	Tasselled Leatherjacket
Eubalichthys bucephalus	Black Reef Leatherjacket
Eubalichthys cyanoura	Bluetail Leatherjacket
Eubalichthys mosaicus	Mosaic Leatherjacket
Meuschenia flavolineata	Yellow-striped Leatherjacket
Meuschenia freycineti	Six-spine Leatherjacket
Meuschenia hippocrepis	Horseshoe Leatherjacket
Meuschenia scaber	Velvet Leatherjacket
Meuschenia trachylepis	Yellowfin Leatherjacket
Meuschenia venusta	Stars and Stripes Leatherjacket
Monacanthus chinensis	Fanbelly Leatherjacket
Nelusetta ayraudi	Ocean Jacket
Oxymonacanthus longirostris	Beaked Leatherjacket
Paraluteres prionurus	Blacksaddle Filefish
Paramonacanthus filicauda	Threadfin Leatherjacket
Paramonacanthus otisensis	Dusky Leatherjacket
Pervagor janthinosoma	Gillblotch Leatherjacket
Pseudaluteres nasicornis	Rhinoceros Leatherjacket
Pseudomonacanthus peroni	Potbelly Leatherjacket
Scobinichthys granulatus	Rough Leatherjacket
Thamnaconus degeni	Bluefin Leatherjacket