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Port Stephens: Leatherjackets, Filefish
Bridled Leatherjacket - male-Acanthaluteres spilomelanurus
Bridled Leatherjacket - Female - Acanthaluteres spilomelanurus
Bridled Leatherjacket - Male - Acanthaluteres spilomelanurus
Toothbrush leatherjacket - Adult - Acanthaluteres vittiger
Toothbrush leatherjacket - Juvenile - Acanthaluteres vittiger
Unicorn Leatherjacket - Aluterus monoceros
Unicorn Leatherjacket - Juvenile - Aluterus monoceros
Threadfin Leatherjacket - Arotrolepis filicauda
Pygmy leatherjacket - Female - Brachaluteres jacksonianus
Pygmy leatherjacket - Male - Brachaluteres jacksonianus
Spectacled Filefish-Cantherhines fronticinctus
Honeycomb Leatherjacket-Cantherines pardalis
Large Scale Leatherjacket - Cantheschenia grandisquamis
Black reef-leatherjacket - Eubalichthys bucephalus
Mosaic leatherjacket - Male - Eubalichthys mosaicus
Mosaic leatherjacket - Female - Eubalichthys mosaicus
Six-spine Letherjacket-Meuschenia freycineti
Six-spine leatherjacket - Juvenile - Meuschenia freycineti
Yellow stripe Leatherjacket-Meuschenia flavolineata
Yellow Striped Leatherjacket - Juvenile - Meuschenia flavolineata
Yellow-finned leatherjacket - Adult - Meuschenia trachylepis
Yellow-finned leatherjacket - Juvenile - Meuschenia trachylepis
Stars and Stripes Letherjacket-Meuschenia venusta
Fan bellied leatherjacket - Adult - Monacanthus chinensis
Fan bellied leatherjacket - Juvenile - Monacanthus chinensis
Chinaman leatherjacket - Adult - Nelusetta ayraud
Chinaman leatherjacket - Juvenile - Nelusetta ayraud
Mimic filefish - Paraluteres prionurus
Dusky Leatherjacket-Paramonacanthus otisensis
Dusky Leatherjacket-Paramonacanthus otisensis
Dusky Leatherjacket-Paramonacanthus otisensis
Yellow Tailed Filefish-Pervagor alternans
Yellow Tailed Filefish-Pervagor alternans
Blackbar Filefish-Pervagor janthinosoma
Rhino Filefish - Pseudalutarius nasicornis
Rough leatherjacket - Juvenile - Scobinichthys granulatus
Rough leatherjacket - Adult - Scobinichthys granulatus