Saltwater
Orange filefish
Aluterus schoepfii
Monacanthidae
Facts
Characteristics
- Length
- Up to 61 cm
- Body shape
- Deep-bodied
Care
- Group
- Missing
- Smallest aquarium
- 4,806 liters
- Diet
- Missing
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Behavior
Water values
Smallest tank
Range
Native
Lives wild in Angola, Antigua & Barbuda, Aruba, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Benin, Bermuda, and 43 more countries.
More about the species
Description
Usually found over bottoms with seagrass, sand, or mud. Juveniles are associated with floating Sargassum. Solitary or in pairs. Feeds on a variety of plants, including algae and seagrasses. Generally considered as trash fish, rarely consumed. Traded as an aquarium fish at Ceará, Brazil.
Other names
Other scientific names
- Alutera aurantiacus
- Alutera punctata
- Alutera schoepfii
- Aluteres cuspicauda
- Aluterus cultrifrons
- Aluterus holbroocki
In other languages
- Filfisk, Tryckarfisk
- Orange filfisk
- Viilakala
- Filefish, Orange Fiiefish, 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.