#2261 · 🐟 fish

Bluefin Leatherjacket

Thamnaconus degeni

LCleast concern 🐟 Fish 📍 outside Europe

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what is it?

Thamnaconus degeni is een straalvinnige vissensoort uit de familie van vijlvissen (Monacanthidae). De wetenschappelijke naam van de soort is voor het eerst geldig gepubliceerd in 1903 door Regan.

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 17,243iNaturalist observations
threat LCleast concern

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).

fun facts

No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
17,243 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.

fact sheet

English: Bluefin Leatherjacket
scientific name: Thamnaconus degeni
class: Actinopterygii
order: Tetraodontiformes
family: Monacanthidae
IUCN Red List: LC · least concern
sightings in NL: 0
sightings worldwide: 17,243
GBIF records in NL: 0
weight: —
length: —
lifespan: —

IUCN in Dutch: niet bedreigd. Blank means the sources don't say.

relatives· Monacanthidae

Sources: iNaturalist taxon 530375, Wikidata Q2019054, GBIF 2406660, Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.