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Description. The orangespotted filefish grows to a length of about 20 cm (8 in). The head has a number of wavy yellowish lines which run down onto the snout; near the eyes these alternate with bluish lines. The body has a number of broad brown bands separated by narrow whitish-yellow bands which converge at the caudal peduncle and continue onto ...
O. longirostris. Binomial name. Oxymonacanthus longirostris. (Bloch & J. G. Schneider, 1801) The orange spotted filefish or harlequin filefish, Oxymonacanthus longirostris, is a filefish in the family Monacanthidae found on coral reefs in the Indo-Pacific Oceans. The orangespotted filefish is a different species and refers to Cantherhines pullus.
Aluterus. Species: A. schoepfii. Binomial name. Aluterus schoepfii. (Walbaum, 1792) Aluterus schoepfii, the orange filefish, is a species of fish in the family Monacanthidae. The species can also be listed under the family Balistidae. They can reach a maximum size of 62 centimetres (24 in) although they are common to 40 centimetres (16 in).
Some filefish erect the dorsal spine and pelvis simultaneously to make it more difficult for a predator to remove them from a cave. The largest filefish species is the scrawled filefish (Aluterus scriptus) at up to 110 cm (43 in) in length. Most species are less than 60 cm (24 in) in length.
Wild habitat: East Indian Ocean, West Indian Ocean, Australia, Indonesia. 19. Diamond watchman goby. Diamond watchman goby, a type of saltwater aquarium fish. A glimmering silver goby, dashed and ...
Aluterus scriptus is a medium size fish which can grow up to 110 cm (3.6 ft) in length. [3] 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 ...
Cantherhines pardalis Rüppell, 1837 (Honeycomb filefish) Cantherhines pullus Ranzani, 1842 (Orange-spotted filefish) Cantherhines rapanui F. de Buen, 1963 (Rapanui filefish) Cantherhines sandwichiensis Quoy & Gaimard, 1824 (Sandwich isle file) Cantherhines verecundus E. K. Jordan, 1925 (Shy filefish) References
There are currently 4 recognized species in this genus: [2] Aluterus heudelotii Hollard, 1855 (Dotterel filefish) Aluterus monoceros Linnaeus, 1758 (Unicorn leatherjacket filefish) Aluterus schoepfii Walbaum, 1792 (Orange filefish) Aluterus scriptus Osbeck, 1765 (Scribbled leatherjacket filefish)