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.
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Is it venomous or poisonous?
We have no record of Reticulated Leatherjacket being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
- Stephanolepis cirrhifer
- Stephanolepis hispida
- Scobinichthys granulatus
- Pseudomonacanthus macrurus
- Monacanthus chinensis
- Monacanthus ciliatus
Classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Actinopterygii
- Order
- Tetraodontiformes
- Family
- Monacanthidae
- Genus
- Stephanolepis
- Species
- Stephanolepis diaspros
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