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Pez lija pintado (Aluterus scriptus), mar Rojo, Egipto, 2023-04-19, DD 47
2023-04-19
- Classification
- Photograph
- Museum
- Wikimedia Commons
- Rights
- CC BY-SA 4.0, as the museum states it.
- Who can see it
- Kids profiles and older: it shows nature, places, still life or a children's book. How works are placed
About this work
Scrawled filefish (Aluterus scriptus), Red Sea, Egypt. It's a medium size fish which can grow up to 110 centimetres (3.6 ft) in length and can be found in the tropical waters from the Atlantic Ocean, the Indian Ocean and the Pacific Ocean. A. scriptus is omnivorous and have a large choice for its meals like small crustaceans, algae, gorgonians, sea anemones, tunicates, fire coral, seagrasses and hydrozoans. It's diurnal, demersal, solitary and shy with divers.