Southern Pygmy Leatherjacket

Brachaluteres jacksonianus

The Southern pygmy leatherjacket is a endemic to Australia, found in temperate coastal waters and reefs from southern Queensland around to south-west Western Australia, including Tasmania.
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Appearance

The fish is a small leatherjacket with a round, almost circular body, growing to a maximum of 9 centimetres. They are able to inflate their abdomen.

Colouration is highly variable, ranging from pale yellow-brown to dark green, and with numerous dark and light stripes, spots or ocelli. Colouration of a single fish can change during the courtship process.

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Taxonomy
KingdomAnimalia
DivisionChordata
ClassActinopterygii
OrderTetraodontiformes
FamilyMonacanthidae
GenusBrachaluteres
SpeciesB. jacksonianus
Photographed in
Australia