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title: "Southern Pygmy Leatherjacket"
description: "Brachaluteres jacksonianus — Vissen. The Southern pygmy leatherjacket (Brachaluteres jacksonianus) is a filefish endemic to Australia, found in temperate coastal waters and reefs from southern Queensland around to south-west Western Australia, including Tasmania."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/southern-pygmy-leatherjacket
last_updated: 2026-09-20
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# Southern Pygmy Leatherjacket

> Brachaluteres jacksonianus — Vissen. The Southern pygmy leatherjacket (Brachaluteres jacksonianus) is a filefish endemic to Australia, found in temperate coastal waters and reefs from southern Queensland around to south-west Western Australia, including Tasmania.

- Scientific name: *Brachaluteres jacksonianus*
- Category: `fish` (Vissen)
- Habitats: `sea` (Zee en kust)
- iNaturalist observations: 2481
- Wikidata: [Q3752278](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3752278)
- iNaturalist taxon: [511645](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/511645)

## Names

- en: Southern Pygmy Leatherjacket
- de: Zwerglederjacke
- es: Pez Lija Pigmea

## Countries with the most observations

AU (2398)

## Summary

The Southern pygmy leatherjacket (Brachaluteres jacksonianus) is a filefish endemic to Australia, found in temperate coastal waters and reefs from southern Queensland around to south-west Western Australia, including Tasmania.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southern_pygmy_leatherjacket

## Photo

![Southern Pygmy Leatherjacket](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/southern-pygmy-leatherjacket/medium.jpg)

Photo: marsyd · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/199770943

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/southern-pygmy-leatherjacket?lang=nl` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).