Filefish Teeth Anchoring at night
Some species of Filefish teeth anchorage are known to wedge themselves into corals at night and it is theorized that the corals assist in masking their smell from predators. However as can be seen in the ...
Spectacled Filefish – Facts and Photographs
The Spectacled Filefish (Cantherhines fronticinctus) is also known as the Spectacled Leatherjacket. They are very shy fishes that are difficult to approach closely and hardly ever stray far from shelter.
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Blackbar Filefish – Facts and Photographs
The Blackbar Filefish (Pervagor janthinosoma) is also known as the Redtail Filefish and the Ear-spot Filefish. They are very shy fishes that are difficult to approach closely.
Filefish, also known as le...
Honeycomb Filefish – Facts and Photographs
The Honeycomb Filefish (Cantherhines pardalis) is also known as the Wirenet Filefish and the Honeycomb Leather- jacket. They are unusual looking and are fairly shy fishes that are difficult to approach clos...
Blacksaddle Filefish – Facts and Photographs
The Blacksaddle filefish (Paraluteres prionurus) is also known as the Mimic filefish or Blacksaddle leatherjacket. Their coloration and shape mimics the poisonous Blacksaddle toby Canthigaster valentini.
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Scrawled Filefish – Facts and Photographs
The Scrawled File Fish (Aluterus scriptus) is also known as the broomtail filefish or scribbled leatherjacket. They are unusual looking fishes and are capable of rapid color changes to blend into their loca...
Orange Spotted Filefish – Facts and Photographs
The Orange Spotted Filefish or Longnose Filefish (Oxymonacanthus longirostris) can be usually found near its food source, acropora coral. More often than not they are in pairs. They are not common fish on t...
Filefish Facts and Photographs
Filefish, also known as foolfish, leatherjackets or shingles, are of the diverse family Monacanthidae. They are tropical to subtropical tetraodontiform marine fish, found in the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian Oce...