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Scribbled leatherjacket
Aluterus scriptus (Osbeck, 1765)
AnimalsBourses or filefish
Distribution map
Geographic areas (BioObs)
Reunion IslandMayotteNew CaledoniaPolynesiaGuadeloupeMartiniqueRed SeaCanary Islands
Observation type
Scuba divingApnea / Snorkelling
Other common names
- Scrawled filefishBritish English
- Broomtail filefishBritish English
- Langhalet filfiskDanish (Denmark)
- Großer FeilenfischGerman (Germany)
- Schrift-FeilenfischGerman (Germany)
- Cachúa lija azulEuropean Spanish
- Cachua perraEuropean Spanish
- Lija trompaEuropean Spanish
- Pez lija puntiazulEuropean Spanish
- Puerco de alturaEuropean Spanish
- Bourse écritureFrench (France)
- Chien katounouFrench (France)
- Poisson lime gribouilléFrench (France)
- Bourse robe de cuirFrench (France)
- Bourse loulouFrench (France)
- Bourse grafittiFrench (France)
- Baliste écritureFrench (France)
- Pesce lima cirratoItalian (Italy)
- Letter vijlvisDutch (Netherlands)
- Alutera pisanaPolish (Poland)
- Cangulo de areiaEuropean Portuguese
- Cangulo-pavãoEuropean Portuguese
- Cangulo-velhoEuropean Portuguese
- CangulovelhoEuropean Portuguese
- Peixe-porco-galhudoEuropean Portuguese
- Porgo rabiscadoEuropean Portuguese
Other invalid scientific names
- Alutera armata
- Alutera picturata
- Aluteres pareva
- Aluteres personatus
- Aluterus renosus
- Aluterus scripta
- Aluterus venosus
- Balistes laevis
- Balistes liturosus
- Balistes ornatus
- Balistes scriptus
- Monacanthus scriptus
- Osbeckia scripta
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Sources
- GRASSIN Sandra, ROCHEFORT Gaël, GUICHARD Benjamin in : DORIS, 28/02/2016 : Aluterus scriptus (Osbeck, 1765), https://doris.ffessm.fr/ref/specie/989
How to cite this BioObs sheet?
BioObs, 18/09/2026 : Aluterus scriptus (Osbeck, 1765), https://bioobs.fr/en/species-sheets/1973
Modification history
- Created by BioObs user on 18/09/2026
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