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Scrawled Filefish

Aluterus scriptus

Description:

Photo take a t -40 ft in a coral reef. Covered by numerous blue, broken stripes formed of dashes and dots, black spots and sporting a variety of shades of gray, tan, brown and olive, the scrawled filefish pales or darkens its skin to blend with its background. about 50 cm long still a juvenile this one can grow up to 90 cm long.

Habitat:

Found around the world in tropical areas in America from Florida all the Caribbean sea to Brazil.


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Mexico

Lat: 20.85, Long: -86.88

Spotted on Jun 29, 2012
Submitted on Jun 29, 2012

Reference

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