Bristle-tailed Leatherjacket
Acreichthys tomentosus
Category: Reef Fish
IUCN Conservation Status: LC - Least Concern - species is widespread and abundant, not currently at risk of extinction
Taxonomy
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Teleostei
- Order
- Tetraodontiformes
- Family
- Monacanthidae
- Genus
- Acreichthys
Where to Find
Found in 22 diving areas across 11 countries and 5 regions.
- Grand Lagoon, New Caledonia - 1 records
- Sandy Island, Anguilla - 1 records
- St. Kitts, St. Kitts & Nevis - 1 records
- Yap, Micronesia - 22 records
- Peleliu & Angaur, Palau - 47 records
- Rock Islands, Palau - 47 records
- Gizo & Western Province, Solomon Islands - 4 records
- Iron Bottom Sound, Solomon Islands - 4 records
- Kerama Islands, Japan - 1 records
- Okinawa Main Island, Japan - 6 records
- Bali, Indonesia - 17 records
- Cenderawasih Bay, Indonesia - 1 records
- Komodo, Indonesia - 1 records
- Raja Ampat, Indonesia - 4 records
- Sulawesi, Indonesia - 8 records
- Mabul & Kapalai, Malaysia - 1 records
- Sipadan, Malaysia - 2 records
- Bohol, Philippines - 22 records
- Dumaguete, Philippines - 19 records
- Subic Bay, Philippines - 12 records
- Visayas, Philippines - 25 records
- Southern Islands, Singapore - 23 records