Blackhead Leatherjacket (species: Pervagor melanocephalus) in taxonomy (Lizard Island Field Guide)
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Pervagor melanocephalus
Blackhead Leatherjacket


©Nigel Marsh: Pervagor melanocephalus at Lizard Island.

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Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Actinopterygii
Order Tetraodontiformes
Family Monacanthidae
Genus Pervagor
Species Pervagor melanocephalus

Lizard Island area: all known taxa
Lizard Island Field Guide

Colours

              

Distinguishing features

A small filefish with an orange body and tail and a dark purple/brown head. Small orange spots on head.

Rarely seen in the Lizard Island area.

Size

  • Up to 10 cm (length according to Allen et al, 2003)

Depth range

  • From 3 m to 40 m (Allen et al, 2003)

Synonyms

Distribution


©Atlas of Living Australia: Australian distribution

Web resources

References

References that assist with identification

  • Allen, G., R. Steene, P. Humann and N. Deloach (2003). Reef fish identification: Tropical Pacific New World Publications Inc., Jacksonville, FL, USA.

Other references

  • Tang, D., D. Uyeno and K. Nagasawa (2011). Parasitic copepods of the family Taeniacanthidae (Crustacea) from triggerfishes (Teleostei, Balistidae) and filefishes (Teleostei, Monacanthidae) collected in the Indo-West Pacific region with descriptions of two new species of Taeniacanthus Sumpf, 1871. Zootaxa, 3103: 33-56. LIRS catalog number 1473.