Florent's Guide To The

French Polynesia

Scrawled Filefish
Aluterus scriptus
Scrawled Filefish
Category: Filefishes
Scientific Name: Aluterus scriptus
Size: 1 to 2 ft. (30 to 60 cm)  
Depth: 20-60 ft. (6-18 m)
Distribution: Circumtropical
Chordata (Phylum)
└Vertebrata (Subphylum)
 └Osteichthyes (Parvphylum)
  └Actinopterygii (Gigaclass)
   └Actinopteri (Superclass)
    └Teleostei (Class)
     └Tetraodontiformes (Order)
      └Monacanthidae (Family)
       └Aluterus (Genus)
        └A. scriptus (Species)

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