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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 the tailfin.
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.
The largest member of the family, the stone triggerfish (Pseudobalistes naufragium) reaches 1 m (3.3 ft), [8] but most species have a maximum length between 20 and 50 cm (8–20 in). [2] Triggerfish have an oval-shaped, highly compressed body. The head is large, terminating in a small but strong-jawed mouth with teeth adapted for crushing shells.
3. Yellow watchman goby. Yellow watchman goby coming out of hole. A rather grumpy-looking goby thanks to its downturned mouth, these fish enjoy burrowing in the sand at the bottom of the tank and ...
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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 ...