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More About Filefishes ...
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Filefish (also known as foolfish, leatherjackets or shingles) are tropical to subtropical tetraodontiform marine fish of the diverse family Monacanthidae. Found in the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian Oceans, the filefish family contains approximately 107 species in 26 genera. Filefish are closely related to the triggerfish, pufferfish and trunkfish.
Their laterally compressed bodies and rough, sandpapery skin inspired the filefish's common name; it is said that dried filefish skin was once used to finish wooden boats.
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Source: Wikipedia Read more about Filefishes
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VIDEO CLIPS
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Scrawled Filefish
2.130MB MOV View Movie
Tropical Marine Ecology Page (R. Hays Cummins, Miami University)
Scrawled Filefish (Aluterus scriptus) make their appearance on Molasses Reef. Note the Great Barracuda (Sphyraena barracuda) in the background.
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Scrawled Filefish
3.440MB MOV View Movie
Tropical Marine Ecology Page (R. Hays Cummins, Miami University)
Scrawled Filefish (Aluterus scriptus) perspective as a school of Sargeant Majors (Abudefduf saxatilis) swims by.
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Scrawled Filefish
0.950MB MOV View Movie
Tropical Marine Ecology Page (R. Hays Cummins, Miami University)
Two Scrawled FileFish
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Scrawled Filefish
4.570MB MOV View Movie
Tropical Marine Ecology Page (R. Hays Cummins, Miami University)
Schoolmasters (Lutjanus apodus) and a Scrawled Filefish (Aluterus scriptus) at Molasses Reef.
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Filefish
MPG View Movie
Neptune's Garden Productions
Pair of White Spotted File Fish
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Filefish
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Neptune's Garden Productions
White Spotted filefish
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White-Spotted Filefish
MOV View Movie
Seascape Video
White-Spotted Filefish movide clip
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Scrawled Filefish
MOV View Movie
Nautilus Productions
Scrawled Filefish swimming - Caribbean Ocean
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