Talk:Aluterus scriptus
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Aluterus scriptus, commonly known as the scrawled filefish, is a marine fish in the filefish family, Monacanthidae. It has a circumtropical distribution, being found in the tropical waters of the Atlantic, Indian and Pacific. It inhabits lagoons, coral and rocky reefs, seaweed fields, pinnacles, wrecks and also open water. Aluterus scriptus grows up to 1.1 metres (3 ft 7 in) in length and has an elongated elliptical body shape. Its coloration is olive-brown or grey depending on its surrounding environment, with irregular blue lines and spots distributed on the body mixed with some black spots mainly on the head. The species is omnivorous with a diet including small crustaceans, algae, gorgonians, sea anemones, tunicates, fire coral, seagrasses and hydrozoans. This A. scriptus fish was photographed in the Red Sea off the coast of Egypt. Photograph credit: Diego Delso
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