Whitespotted Filefish

(ofile05c.jpg) (full size) This is a Whitespotted Filefish about 14 inches. Photo by Rod 26 Jan 2008 in about 25 feet water.
Location was Molasses Reef, Key Largo, Florida

Cantherines macrocerus

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Notes: 1. Noticeably extended belly appendage; 2. Orange spines at base of tail.

Size: 10-15 inches; max 18 inches;
Audubon Field Guide; page 674; plate 396;
Reef Fish ID 3rd ed.; page 400-401; plates 400-401;

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Rod Bigelow
Box 13 Chazy Lake
Dannemora, N.Y. 12929

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