Scrawled filefish
Encyclopedia
The scrawled filefish, Aluterus scriptus, is a filefish
of the family
Monacanthidae. Its length is up to 1.1 m, and it is found on tropical reef
s circumglobally to a depth of 120 m.
Image:Aluterus scriptus 600.jpg
Image:A_scriptus.jpg|Mature specimen at Honolulu Harbor
Image:Scribbled filefish2.jpg|at Kona
Image:Aluterus_scriptus_02_Pengo.jpg|At Osaka Aquarium Kaiyukan
Filefish
Filefish 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...
of the family
Family (biology)
In biological classification, family is* a taxonomic rank. Other well-known ranks are life, domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, genus, and species, with family fitting between order and genus. As for the other well-known ranks, there is the option of an immediately lower rank, indicated by the...
Monacanthidae. Its length is up to 1.1 m, and it is found on tropical reef
Reef
In nautical terminology, a reef is a rock, sandbar, or other feature lying beneath the surface of the water ....
s circumglobally to a depth of 120 m.
Image:Aluterus scriptus 600.jpg
Image:A_scriptus.jpg|Mature specimen at Honolulu Harbor
Image:Scribbled filefish2.jpg|at Kona
Image:Aluterus_scriptus_02_Pengo.jpg|At Osaka Aquarium Kaiyukan
Osaka Aquarium Kaiyukan
The is an aquarium located in the ward of Minato in Osaka, Japan, near Osaka Bay. It is one of the largest public aquariums in the world, and is a member of the Japanese Association of Zoos and Aquariums ....