Spotted filefish

The Spotted filefish lives in the demersal, marine, depth range 130 - 150 m environment.

They call this a White Spotted Filefish, but as you can plainly see, there are no spots! This Filefish goes through color phases and in this phase, the white spots are not visible, only a vivid rusty orange color. More

Examining the color of white spotted filefish is the most important thing to do when trying to identify them. They have the ability to turn the white spots on their body off and on. More

The orange spotted filefish or harlequin filefish, Oxymonacanthus longirostris, is a filefish in the family Monacanthidae found on coral reefs in the Indo-Pacific Oceans. The orange spotted filefish is pale blue with about eight longitudinal rows of orange-yellow patches. More

spotted filefish identification in this free scuba diving video of Caribbean fish from a staff member of the New England aquarium. More

* Orange spotted filefish or harlequin filefish, Oxymonacanthus longirostris * Genus Paraluteres * Paraluteres arqat * Blacksaddle filefish, Paraluteres More

Filefish or Orange Spotted Filefish in the aquarium interest. The most commonly offered member of the family... and rarely alive for more than a week in captivity. In the wild almost only eats Acropora polyps. More

Delicate File Fish, Orange Spotted Filefish Question Hello, From the first day I began my salt water hobby I always wanted to keep the orange spotted filefish. More

Common names

Gekolde vylvis in Afrikaans
Porco manchado in Portuguese (Português)
Spotted filefish in English
斑点马面鲀 in Mandarin Chinese
斑点马面鲀 in Unknown
斑點馬面魨 in Mandarin Chinese
斑點馬面魨 in Unknown

Order : Tetraodontiformes
Family : Monacanthidae
Genus : Thamnaconus
Species : Thamnaconus fajardoi
Authority : Smith, 1953