This morning, I encountered a scrawled filefish that I could approach without scaring. Most often, I have chased after this species, but this kind fish stayed in one place long enough for me to take several photos. This fish was about 18 inches long, and the photos were taken at about 35 feet deep.
Their coloration varies, and they can rapidly darken or turn pale, but they all have blue spots and lines, and black spots. They look kind of out of focus because of all the scrawled markings.
The file, for which they are named is an elongated first dorsal spine.
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| File down |
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| File down |
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| File up |
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