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Scribbled Filefish

Aluterus scriptus

Photo by sttweets
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18.3392, -65.569

Field Notes

Habitat:

Fish in the waters around the small Puerto Rican island Palominitos

Notes:

The scribbled Filefish is in the back, so not the blue ones in front.

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File:Scribbled filefish2.jpg

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (1)
Elsa
There's two different species of filefish here, or just two variations of scribbled filefish (Aluterus scriptus). The other two fish are surgeons of some sort.

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PublishedJune 21, 2011

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