#aluterus scriptus

[antiqueanimals]

Scrawled filefish (Aluterus scriptus), Fantail filefish (Pervagor spilosoma), Planehead filefish (Stephanolepis hispidus), Orange filefish (Aluterus schoepfii)

Fishes of the World. Written by Hans Hvass. Illustrated by Wilhelm Eigener. Originally published in 1964.

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[tropic-havens]

Scrawled Filefish, Aluterus scriptus, Grass Cay

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[boudhabar]

Aluterus scriptus  

[sitting-on-me-bum]

A red bell jellyfish (Crambione mastigophora) makes for a perfect hiding spot for a baby leatherjacket (Aluterus scriptus) at Ningaloo Reef, Western Australia.

IMAGE CREDIT: Jessica Leask

[samoceanwarrior]

Scribbled Leatherjacket (Aluterus scriptus) in the family of Filefish. This was on a night dive at local islands Ao Nang. Taken by #Underwaterphotographer #DanielSasse #yourshotphotographer #Scubadiving #Aonang #Krabi #photooftheday #Marinelifeprotection #Ouroceans #Underwaterphotography #natgeo #nature #uwpic #Savetheoceans #Marineconservation #Oceandefender #Saveourseas #underwaterlife #fish #ecowarrior #natgeowild https://www.instagram.com/p/B2IxpBBBnni/?igshid=6g4rr8i0aii2

[bobhh2o]

March 20, 2022 - This is a "SCRAWLED FILEFISH (Aluterus scriptus)" taken this year (2022). Don't for get to visit my business account (Facebook - robertherbphotography & Instagram - robherbphoto) to see 5 photographs everyday. Visit my website (http://robertherb.com) to see all my photography. (at Subway Watersports Roatan) https://www.instagram.com/p/CbWAMJoLAC_/?utm_medium=tumblr

[nextdive]

📍This was a cute little Scrawled Filefish (Aluterus scriptus). This is just one of many different fish species that call the Florida Keys home 🏝. . . 📸 Definitely a photogenic little fish. . . Like 💙 | Comment ⌨ | Follow 🤳🏼 | Share 📲 . . 🏴‍☠️For more pictures 📸 and videos 🎦, follow us! 🏝🤙🏼 . . 👉🏼 Instagram.com/next_dive ⚓🧭 👉🏼 facebook.com/nxtdive 🗺🏴‍☠️ . . #scubadiving #scuba #fish #coralreef #ocean #reef #goodvibes #shaka #diveflorida #islandvibes #gopro #islandlife #sealife #video #travel #nextdive #next_dive #love #divemore #scubadive #scubadiver #blog #natureworld #travel #island #love #instagood #travelblog #blogger #blogging (at Benwood Wreck) https://www.instagram.com/p/B_gXlFfhDSY/?igshid=rnsuswdyaa6o

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Aluterus scriptus https://www.instagram.com/p/B1QigrupP75/?igshid=1ipsj6802d9d1

[typhlonectes]

Scrawled Filefish (Aluterus scriptus), Caribbean Sea

photograph via: NOAA Coral Reef Conservation Program

[wigmund]

From Australian Geographic Image of the Week; April 13, 2017:

In The Shadow Of A Bell Jessica Leask

Congratulations to Jessica Leask on this week's winning AG Reader Photo for this stunning capture of a camera-shy juvenile Scribbled Leatherjacket (Aluterus scriptus) hiding behind a Red Bell Jellyfish (Crambione mastigophora) on Ningaloo Reef, Western Australia.

“Blooms of red bell jellyfish often occur on the Ningaloo Reef after a few days of strong northerly winds," explains Jessica.

“If you pay close attention to the jellyfish in deeper water, often you will notice numerous juvenile fish finding refuge from the big scary open ocean. The association is generally believed to be a temporary symbiosis to protect the juvenile fish from predators and possibly provide them with a food source. It took quite some time to capture this image of a juvenile scribbled leatherjacket accompanying a red bell jellyfish, as the leatherjacket would try to avoid me by darting to the other side of the jellyfish or even up inside its bell,” she says.

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[cool-critters]

Scrawled filefish (Aluterus scriptus)

Aluterus scriptus is a marine fish belonging to the family Monacanthidae. Its is a medium size fish which can grow up to 110 cm in length. This species has a circumtropical repartition, it can be found in the tropical waters from the Atlantic Ocean, the Indian Ocean and the Pacific Ocean. It can be observed in lagoons, coral and rocky reefs, seaweed fields,pinnacles, wrecks and also in open water. Aluterus scriptus is omnivorous and have a large choice for its meals like small crustaceans, algae, gorgonians, anemones, tunicates, fire coral and so on. It has a diurnal activity and is demersal. It is solitary and shy with divers and is rarely seen in couple or in group.

photo credits: Choo Tee Yong Vincent, Brocken Inaglory, Bryan Harry

[samoceanwarrior]

Scrawled filefish, broomtail filefish or scribbled leatherjacket (Aluterus scriptus). Taken by #Underwaterphotographer #DanielSasse #Scuba #Diving #uwphotography #Aonang #Krabi #Thailand #Underwaterphotography #Tauchen #water_of_our_world #Marinelifeprotection #Ouroceans #Underwaterphoto #Fortheoceans #Natgeo #cmas #Savetheoceans #Marineconservation #Oceandefender #Saveourseas #underwaterlife #oceanlovers #ecowarrior #ilovediving #happybubbles #wildlife https://www.instagram.com/p/B8jN6ccFbiu/?igshid=1dnzhl08ceae3

[bobhh2o]

March 8, 2022 - This is a "SCRAWLED FILEFISH (Aluterus scriptus)" taken this year (2022). Don't for get to visit my business account (Facebook - robertherbphotography & Instagram - robherbphoto) to see 5 photographs everyday. Visit my website (http://robertherb.com) to see all my photography. (at Subway Watersports Roatan) https://www.instagram.com/p/CbJLsCps1Zn/?utm_medium=tumblr

[bubblevision]

Part 12 of my weekly series, "Reef Life of the Andaman". Scrawled filefish, Aluterus scriptus, feature first in this video. Sometimes known as a "scribbled filefish" or "scribbled leatherjacket", they are a common sight at many dive sites in Thailand. Then we encounter various members of the triggerfish family (Balistidae). The orange-lined triggerfish feeding on a sea urchin at Staghorn Reef on Racha Yai Island. Then the amazing patterns of the clown triggerfish, Balistoides conspicillum, at various sites in Thailand's Similan Islands. Schools of redtooth triggerfish, Odonus niger, adorn the reefs at the Burma Banks. We find the larger yellowmargin triggerfish, Pseudobalistes flavimarginatus, at Hin Muang. And finally we encounter the often-aggressive titan triggerfish, Balistoides viridescens, attacking my fins at Koh Bon in defence of it's nest.

Next week: Crustaceans