Mimic Filefish

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Also known as Mimic Leatherjacket, Blacksaddle Filefish, Blacksaddle Mimic, Blacksaddle Mimic Filefish, Black-Saddle Leatherjacket, Blacksaddle Toby Mimic, Blacksaddled Filefish, Black-Saddled Leatherjacket, Saddled Filefish, False Puffer, Hooked Filefish and Valentini Mimic.

Found singly or in groups on sheltered seaward reefs, with mixed soft corals and algae.
They feed on invertebrates and algae.
Length - 10cm
Depth - 5-25m
Widespread Indo-Pacific

They mimic the Saddled Pufferfish, and have a file-like 1st Dorsal Fin as well as long transparent fins instead of the paddle-like fins of the Pufferfish.
Filefish can alter their colour and pattern to match their surrounds and so deter predators.
Although closely related to the Triggerfish, their "trigger spine" cannot be locked into place.

Fishy Stats

Length: 10cm
Depth: 5-25m
Found: Indo-Pacific
Eats: Invertebrates and algae
Family: Filefishes
Species: Monacanthidae

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