Scrawled Filefish | |||||||||||
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Scrawled Filefish Aluterus scriptus Monacanthidae [Filefishes] [max to 110 cm] [max to 2.5 kg] Marine 4 to 120 m Commercial Aquarium; Gamefish. Unlikely but found in nearby Indo & M'sia waters. Lagoon & seaward reefs. Sometimes hide under floating objects. Feeds on algae, seagrass etc. Olive brown to grey in colour, with blue lines & spots & scattered black patches. Photo courtesy of 'Kenny' [Fish caught off, one of the Riau islands, Indonesia] |
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