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Aluterus scriptus - Scribbled leatherjacket filefish
| The Scribbled leatherjacket filefish has a grey or brownish body with black, green, or blue spots and lines. It can grow to 1 to 3 feet in length and has a unique, broom-like tail fin. This tail fin is rarely seen fully extended. Scribbled leatherjacket filefish are commonly found in open water or above coral reefs between 20 and 60 feet.
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| Distribution, Stock Structure and Migration |
| Circumtropical. Western Atlantic: Nova Scotia, Canada and northern Gulf of Mexico to Brazil. Eastern Atlantic: St. Paul's Rocks, Cape Verde and Ascension Island; São Tomé Island; South Africa. Pacific Ocean: southern Japan to the southern Great Barrier Reef, New Caledonia and Easter Island. In the eastern Pacific, from the Gulf of California to Colombia.
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| Habitat |
| Inhabit lagoon and seaward reefs. Occasionally are seen under floating objects. Juveniles may travel with weed rafts in open ocean for a long time and reaching a large size. Adults are usually seen along deep coastal slopes or outer reef drop-offs in about 20 meters depth.
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| Diet |
| Feed on algae, seagrass, hydrozoans, gorgonians, colonial anemones, and tunicates.
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| Quick Fact |
| The scrawled filefish can darken or lighten its body coloration dramatically.
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