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Slender Filefish Sep 13, 2017. Oil Slick Leap dive site in Bonaire.<br /> They can reach 10 cm but this one may have been a bit smaller. It floats upside down to mimetize with the soft coral rods. I will post a second pic where you can see the ventral fin. Caribbean Netherlands,Geotagged,Monacanthus tuckeri,Slender filefish,Summer Click/tap to enlarge Species introCountry intro

Slender Filefish

Sep 13, 2017. Oil Slick Leap dive site in Bonaire.
They can reach 10 cm but this one may have been a bit smaller. It floats upside down to mimetize with the soft coral rods. I will post a second pic where you can see the ventral fin.

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The Slender filefish

Body laterally compressed, slender, and elongated. Variable shades of reddish brown to yellow-brown, brown or gray. Upper body usually darker. The color can change to blend with the background. Usually with a white reticulate pattern, but these markings may become indistinct (M. tuckeri). Large dewlap (extendable belly appendage) usually has a yellowish edge with a submarginal blue line.
Size up to 10 cm.

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Similar species: Box, Puffer And Trigger Fishes
Species identified by Patomarazul
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Uploaded Dec 29, 2017. Captured Sep 13, 2017 18:14 in Bulevar Gob. N. Debrot, Kralendijk, Caribbean Netherlands.
country flag of Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba Explore Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba 263 203 0
  • XZ-1
  • f/4.0
  • 1/400s
  • ISO100
  • 6mm
Captured in the summer. More summer photos.