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.
Know more:
http://seaworld.org/animal-info/animal-bytes/bony-fish/scrawled-filefish/
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Looks like me when my tea is too hot. ;)
ReplyDeleteFunny thing is that the colors of the animal are such that one is forced to consider as a possibility that its image was contoured out of a sunlit background. It's telling of the viewing conditions of the eyes it means to fool.
ReplyDeleteWhat sort of Christian is more particularly represented by that fish? A hermit, or a wandering monk, I'd say, unless you want to ignore its natural history (for fun, say). And provided you don't want to remark its name has uterus written in it.
Does there exist people in the world, knowing this fish as a dish? What are its main predators, anyway? Is it usually caught with arrows? It does look pretty wary, does it not? Suppose its main predators are sharks, representing... loaners, lawyers, cops, soldiers, pick your choice. Husbands, qui sait.
I find it breathtaking I'd love to see one one day in person beautiful
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