Southern Pygmy Leatherjacket

Brachaluteres jacksonianus

Brachaluteres jacksonianus - Southern Pygmy Leatherjacket
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Size: 10 cm

Distribution: All SA coastal and gulf waters

Habitat: Seagrass beds, macro algae, rocky reefs

Depth: Subtidal to 10+ metres

Brachaluteres jacksonianus - Southern Pygmy Leatherjacket

This small, slow-moving, disc-shaped leatherjacket is greenish to brown and covered in rows of rings or spots, some of which radiate out from the eyes in a star burst pattern. Often found in clumps of algae on jetty pylons, larger males have a flap of skin that hangs down from the underside.