Honeycomb Filefish

Found singly, over outer reef slopes, and under sargassum weed rafts during the wet season.
Juveniles float with loose surface weeds.

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.

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