Saltwater
Scrawled Filefish
Aluterus scriptus
Monacanthidae
Facts
Characteristics
- Length
- Up to 110 cm
- Body shape
- Deep-bodied
Care
- Group
- Missing
- Smallest aquarium
- 27,981 liters
- Diet
- Missing
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Behavior
Water values
Smallest tank
Range
Native
Lives wild in American Samoa, Anguilla, Antigua & Barbuda, Aruba, Australia, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, and 82 more countries.
More about the species
Description
Inhabit lagoon and seaward reefs. Occasionally are seen under floating objects. Juveniles may travel with weed rafts in open ocean for a long time and reaching a large size. Adults are usually seen along deep coastal slopes or outer reef drop-offs in about 20 meters depth. Benthopelagic. Feed on algae, seagrass, hydrozoans, gorgonians, colonial anemones, and tunicates. Caught at the surface using a hand net.
Other names
Other scientific names
- Aleuterus scriptus
- Aleuteus scriptus
- Alutera armata
- Alutera picturata
- Alutera scripta
- Aluteres pareva
In other languages
- Langhalet filfisk
- Broom-tail file, Broomtail filefish, Figured leather-jacket, Filefish, Scrawled Fiiefish, Scrawled leatherjacket, Scrawled tilefish, Scribbled filefish, Scribbled fish, Scribbled leather jacket, Scribbled leatherjacket, Scribbled leatherjacket filefish, Scrolled filefish, Tobaccofish
Articles
All articles
How to add new fish4 min read
From the store to the tank: how to get the fish used to your water, why you should add only a few at a time, and what to watch for in the first few days.
Quarantine for new fish3 min read
Why new fish should live in a tank of their own for a few weeks before they move in, what you need, and what to look for.
From freshwater to saltwater3 min read
What is different in a saltwater aquarium: salt, refractometer, live rock and corals. An introduction for anyone thinking of giving it a try.