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Chaetodermis penicilligerus, also known as the Prickly leather-jacket or Tasselled Leather-jacket, is a demersal Marine fish belonging to the family Monacanthidae. It occasionally makes its way into the marine aquarium fish trade.

The Prickly leather-jacket is a medium sized fish which grows up to 31 cm.The body is highly compressed laterally, stocky, the mouth is terminal,the head size is big proportionally to the body. Dermal appendages are visible mainly on the body's margin and also on the sides. They are part of the fish camouflage system==Distribution & habitat== It is widely distributed throughout the tropical waters of the Indian Ocean, Red Sea, Persian Gulf and South Africa excluded, to the central island of the Pacific Ocean.Like many of the groupers, Cephalopholis leopardus lives in rich clear waters close to coral or rocky reefs from the surface until 40 metres (130 ft) depth with an average depth range from 3 to 20 metres (66 ft).
The background coloration of the body is light brown or sand-colored with dark longitudinal lines and blotches outlined with blue. The Tasselled Leather-jacket has two erectile dorsal spines. Its dorsal, anal and caudal fin are translucent but only the rays are a bit darker and visible.

It is widely distributed throughout the tropical waters of the center of the Indo-West Pacific. Chaetodermis penicilligerus lives in lagoons and coastal areas with seagrass beds in which it's quite easy for the fish to dissimulate from the surface until 20 metres (66 ft).

The Tasselled Leather-jacket is feeding mainly on algaes and small marine invertebrates.

The Prickly leather-jacket is solitary and has a diurnal activity.

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