Aluterus scriptus Broom-tail File, Broomtail Filefish, Filefish, Scrawled Fiiefish, Scrawled Leatherjacket, Scribbled Filefish, Scribbled Fish, Scribbled Leatherjacket Filefish, Scrolled Filefish, Tobaccofish

Aluterus scriptus is commonly referred to as Broom-tail File, Broomtail Filefish, Filefish, Scrawled Fiiefish, Scrawled Leatherjacket, Scribbled Filefish, Scribbled Fish, Scribbled Leatherjacket Filefish, Scrolled Filefish, Tobaccofish. Difficulty in the aquarium: suitable for large display tanks (public aquarium or zoo) only. A aquarium size of at least 10000 Liter is recommended. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Profile

lexID:

1432 

AphiaID:

159491 

Scientific:

Aluterus scriptus 

German:

Schrift-Feilenfisch 

English:

Broom-tail File, Broomtail Filefish, Filefish, Scrawled Fiiefish, Scrawled Leatherjacket, Scribbled Filefish, Scribbled Fish, Scribbled Leatherjacket Filefish, Scrolled Filefish, Tobaccofish 

Category:

Filefishes 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Tetraodontiformes (Order) > Monacanthidae (Family) > Aluterus (Genus) > scriptus (Species) 

Initial determination:

(Osbeck, ), 1765 

Occurrence:

Djibouti, Barbados, El Salvador, Guadeloupe, Hong Kong, (the) Maldives, American Samoa, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Aruba, Ascencion, St. Helena & Tristan da Cunha, Australia, Brazil, British Virgin Islands, Cambodia, Canada Eastern Pacific, China, Christmas Islands, Circumtropic, Cook Islands, Corea, Costa Rica, Cuba, Curacao, Dominica, Dominican Republic, East-Atlantic Ocean, Easter Island (Rapa Nui), Ecuador, Egypt, Fiji, French Polynesia, Galapagos Islands, Grenada, Guam, Guatemala, Gulf of Mexico, Gulf of Oman / Oman, Haiti, Hawaii, Honduras, India, Indian Ocean, Indonesia, Jamaica, Japan, Jordan, Madeira, Malaysia, Martinique, Mauritius, Micronesia, Montserrat, Mozambique, New Caledonia, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Niue, Northern Mariana Islands, Palau, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Pitcairn Islands, Portugal, Puerto Rico, Raja Amat, Red Sea, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Samoa, São Tomé e Principé, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South-Africa, Sri Lanka, Sumatra, Taiwan, Tansania, The Bahamas, The Bangai Archipelago, the Cape Verde Archipelago, the Cayman Islands, The Chagos Archipelago (the Chagos Islands), the Cocos Islands / Keeling Islands, the Seychelles, Timor, Togean Islands, Tonga, Trinidad and Tobago, Tuamoto Islands, Turks and Caicos Islands, USA, Vanuatu, Vietnam, Virgin Islands, U.S., West-Atlantic Ocean, Yemen 

Marine Zone:

Subtidal, sublittoral, infralittoral, deep zone of the oceans from the lower limit of the intertidal zone (intertidal) to the shelf edge at about 200 m water depth. neritic. 

Sea depth:

3 - 120 Meter 

Habitats:

Coastal waters, Lagoons, Reef-associated, Seaward facing reefs, Water column 

Size:

21.65" - 43.31" (55cm - 110cm) 

Weight:

2.5 kg 

Temperature:

22,6 °F - 84.2 °F (22,6°C - 29°C) 

Food:

Aiptasia, Algae (Algivore), Coral polyps = corallivorous, Hydrozoa polyps, Jellyfish, Mysis, Sea squirts, Sea weed, Zoanthids 

Tank:

2199.78 gal (~ 10000L)  

Difficulty:

suitable for large display tanks (public aquarium or zoo) only 

Offspring:

Not available as offspring 

Toxicity:

Toxic hazard unknown 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Red List:

Least concern (LC)  

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• 
  Aluterus heudelotii
  Dotterel-Feilenfisch
• 
  Aluterus monoceros
  Einhorn-Feilenfisch
• 
  Aluterus schoepfii
  Oranger Feilenfisch
• 
  Aluterus scriptus
  Schrift-Feilenfisch

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2005-04-28 18:37:04 

Last edit:

2024-03-16 12:47:39 

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