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  • Scrawled Filefish, 1 of 6
    Photo 1 of 6

    (c) Mélodie Caussat, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

  • Scrawled Filefish, 2 of 6
    Photo 2 of 6

    (c) Gonzalo Mucientes Sandoval, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

  • Scrawled Filefish, 3 of 6
    Photo 3 of 6

    (c) Tse Chung Yi, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

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    (c) taunagi, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

  • Scrawled Filefish, 5 of 6
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    (c) Lesley Clements, all rights reserved

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    Photo 6 of 6

    (c) Mark Rosenstein, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

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Scrawled Filefish

Aluterus scriptus

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About

Aluterus scriptus, commonly known as scrawled filefish, broomtail filefish or scribbled leatherjacket, is a marine fish belonging to the family Monacanthidae.

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