The Fish Department - Fieldwork
Mindoro Island, 2000
This Beaked Leatherjacket Oxymonacanthus longirostris was collected on the north-west coast of Mindoro Island.
Like all fishes in the family Monacanthidae, this species has a ball and socket mechanism which enables the first dorsal fin spine to be "locked" into an erected position by the second. View spines of other leatherjacket species.
Leave the Mindoro Island fieldwork pages and view a fact sheet for this species.
