Scrawled filefish
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| Species: | A. scriptus
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| 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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References
- Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Aluterus Aluterus". FishBase. April 2007 version.