Bluefin Leatherjacket
Thamnaconus degeni
The Bluefin Leatherjacket (Thamnaconus degeni) is a temperate marine fish of the family Monacanthidae. It lives on the bottom. It grows to 28 cm (total length). The IUCN Red List rates it Least Concern.
- Size
- 28 cmtotal length
- Climate zone
- Temperate
In the wild
- Water type
- Marine
- Climate zone
- Temperate
- Habitat
- On the bottom
Conservation status
Classification
- FamilyMonacanthidae
- GenusThamnaconus
- SpeciesThamnaconus degeni
Quick answers
- Bluefin Leatherjacket size: how big does it get?
- It grows to 28 cm (total length).
- Bluefin Leatherjacket: is it endangered?
- The IUCN Red List rates it Least Concern.
Related species
Aiptasia-eating filefishAcreichthys tomentosus
Largescale LeatherjacketCantheschenia grandisquamis
Brownstriped LeatherjacketMeuschenia australis
Yellowstriped LeatherjacketMeuschenia flavolineata
Spectacled FilefishCantherhines fronticinctus
Wirenet FilefishCantherhines pardalis
Leafy FilefishChaetodermis penicilligerus
Velvet LeatherjacketMeuschenia scaber
Bluelined LeatherjacketMeuschenia galii
Toothbrush LeatherjacketAcanthaluteres vittiger
Stars-and-stripes LeatherjacketMeuschenia venusta
Broom FilefishAmanses scopas
Sources
The figures on this page are compiled from the references below.