Stephanolepis diaspros

Stephanolepis diaspros
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Tetraodontiformes
Family: Monacanthidae
Genus: Stephanolepis
Species:
S. diaspros
Binomial name
Stephanolepis diaspros
Synonyms[3]
  • Stephanolepis ocheticus Fraser-Brunner, 1940
  • Stephanolepis weberi Fowler & Steinitz, 1956

Stephanolepis diaspros, commonly known as the reticulated filefish or the reticulated leatherjacket, is a species of bony fish, a ray-finned fish in the family Monacanthidae. Its natural range is the western Indian Ocean but it is also one of the species which has colonised the Mediterranean through the Suez Canal by Lessepsian migration from the Red Sea.

  1. ^ Matsuura, K.; Motomura, H.; Khan, M. (2019). "Stephanolepis diaspros". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T18257687A46663994. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-1.RLTS.T18257687A46663994.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
  2. ^ Armi G. Torres; Christine Marie V. Casal (2016). R. Froese; D. Paully (eds.). "Stephanolepis diaspros Fraser-Brunner, 1940". Fishbase. Retrieved 25 January 2017.
  3. ^ "Synonyms of Stephanolepis diaspros Fraser-Brunner, 1940". Fishbase. Retrieved 26 January 2017.