| Aspect: | Overal brown with off white horizontal lines. Orange spots are actually faint and cover the entire body. Typical filefish profile with heavy "keel", overhead spine, and fast back-positioned translucent dorsal fin mirroring anal fin. |
| Population: | Occasional. |
| Notable feature: | White dot on upper side of tail fin root. |
| Environment: | Near bottom, around coral mounds. |
| Behaviour: | Easily approched to about two metres. |
Last update: 22/10/15
Orangespotted Filefish
- French designation: Bourse Pintade
- Latin designation: Cantherhines pullus
- Creole designation: Bous
- Latin family: Monacanthidae
- Size (cm): 12-18
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