Scrawled filefish
| Scrawled filefish | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Tetraodontiformes |
| Family: | Monacanthidae |
| Genus: | Aluterus |
| Species: | A. scriptus |
| Binomial name | |
| Aluterus scriptus (Osbeck, 1765) |
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The scrawled filefish, Aluterus scriptus, is a filefish of the family Monacanthidae. Its length is up to 1.1 m, and it is found on tropical reefs circumglobally to a depth of 120 m.
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Mature specimen at Honolulu Harbor
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at Kona
References
- Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2007). "Aluterus Aluterus" in FishBase. April 2007 version.
