Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Actinopterygii
Order:
Tetraodontiformes
Family:
Monacanthidae
Genus:
Aluterus
Species:
A. Scriptus
Binomial name (link Wikipedia)
Scrawled Filefish
Poisson Lime
Schrift-Feilenfisch
Gallo Azul
Lettervijlvis
Description
Length: up to 50 cm.
Habitat: coastal pelagic, although is occasionally presents benthic habits.
Aluterus scriptus (known also as scrawled filefish, broomtail filefish, or scribbled leatherjacket) is a marine fish belonging to the family
Monacanthidae.
Aluterus scriptus is a medium size fish which can grow up to 110 cm (3.6 ft) in length. The body shape looks like an elongated oval,
strongly compressed. Its background body coloration is olive-brown or grey depending on its surrounding environment, irregular blue
lines and spots are distributed on the body mixed with some black spots mainly on the head. The mouth is small and at the end of its
pointed snout. Like all the Tetraodontiformes, it has no pelvic fin but has two particular dorsal spines; the first anterior one is long,
slender and erectile, located just over the eyes, the second is small and not easy to see but it locks the first one when it is erected. The
rounded caudal fin is quite long and can be displayed as a fan. The juveniles have a yellow with black spots body coloration.
This species has a circumtropical repartition, it can be found in the tropical waters from the Atlantic Ocean, the Indian Ocean and the
Pacific Ocean.
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Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Actinopterygii
Order:
Tetraodontiformes
Family:
Monacanthidae
Genus:
Stephanolepis
Species:
S. Hispidus
Binomial name (link Wikipedia)
Planehead Filefish
Poisson Lime Pygmée
Brauner Feilenfisch
Gallitio
Bruine Vijlvis
Description
Length: up to 25 cm.
Habitat: Rocky bottoms.
Stephanolepis hispidus, the planehead filefish, is a species of bony fish, a ray-finned fish in the family Monacanthidae.
The planehead filefish grows to a maximum length of 27 centimetres (11 in) but is more typically about 17 centimetres (6.7 in) long.
The colour is cryptic, being a more or less mottled pale brown, olive or green on a light coloured background, sometimes with darker
brown splotches and streaks. The fish is laterally compressed and deep bodied. The snout is elongated with a terminal mouth. The
large yellow eye is set high on the head and above it is a prominent retractable spine. This is the anterior of the 2 spines associated
with the long dorsal fin, which also has 29 to 35 soft rays. The anal fin has no spines and between 30 and 35 soft rays. The pectoral
fins are small and the tail fin is large and fan-shaped, often with two darker coloured bands
The planehead filefish is found in the Atlantic Ocean at depths of up to 300 metres (980 ft). Its range extends from Nova Scotia to
Uruguay in the west and from the Canary Islands to Angola in the east. It is found near the seabed on reefs and over sandy and muddy
sea floors. It is often found among Sargassum seaweed.
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Harry van Goor 2016
source: Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Categories: Filefish
