Scientific Name	Aluterus scriptus   Pronounce			by: Lab of Fish Ecol. and Evo., BRCAS
Author	(Osbeck, 1765)	Depth	4 - 120M
Chinese	長尾革單棘魨	Poisonous Fish	Yes
Family_Chinese	單棘魨科	Economic Fish	No
Family	F506　Monacanthidae	Edible Fish	Yes	Chinese In Mainland China	擬態革魨
Max Length	110 cm	Aquarium Fish	Yes	Common Name	海掃手、烏達婆、掃帚魚、剝皮魚、粗皮狄、掃帚竹(臺東)、達仔(澎湖)
Distribution in World	global	Distribution in Taiwan	East、South、North、North East、PonFu、ShaoLiuChew、Greeb IS.
Habitats	Coral、Coastal、Lagoon	Holotype Locality	China Sea
Synonyms	Aleuteus scriptus, Alutera armata, Alutera picturata, Alutera scripta, Aluteres pareva, Aluteres personatus, Aluteres scripta, Aluterus renosus, Aluterus scripta, Aluterus venosus, Balistes laevis, Balistes liturosus, Balistes ornatus ...all 17..
Reference	臺灣魚類誌(沈等, 1993)；Fishes of Japan(Nakabo, 2002)；中國動物誌-魨形目(蘇等, 2002)  沈世傑 編 Shih-Chieh Shen ed. 1993 Nakabo T. 2002 Nakabo T. 2002 蘇錦祥, 李春生 編著 2002
Specimen List	ASIZP0060095. ASIZP0065023. ASIZP0065469. ASIZP0070797. ASIZP0916908. FRIP00036. FRIP20546. FRIP21518. NMMBP04281. NMMSTP00506. NTOU-AE6075. NTUM07389. NTUM08454. NTUM08455.
Common Name	Scribbled filefish; Scribbled leather jacket; Scrolled filefish; Scrawled leatherjacket; Scrawled filefish; Scribbled leatherjacket; Scribbled fish; Scrawled tilefish; Tobaccofish; Broom-tail file; Broomtail filefish; Filefish
Redlist Status	Not in IUCN Redlist
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