†Aluterus shigensis Miyajima et al. 2014 (Leatherjacket)
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Osteichthyes - Tetraodontiformes - Monacanthidae
Full reference: Y. Miyajima, F. Ohe, H. Koike and H. Matsuoka. 2014. First fossil occurrence of a filefish (Tetraodontiformes; Monacanthidae) in Asia, from the Middle Miocene in Nagano Prefecture, central Japan. Zootaxa 3786(3):382-400
Belongs to Aluterus according to Y. Miyajima et al. 2014
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: MSFM 00606, a skeleton (part and counterpart). Its type locality is Bessho Tazawa fish, which is in a Miocene alluvial fan mudstone in Japan.
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution: found only at Bessho Tazawa fish
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