Green Filefish – Acanthaluterus spilomelanura

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Green filefish (Acanthaluterus spilomelanura) are part of a diverse family of marine fish. They are also commonly known as foolfish, leatherjacks, or shingles. The have unique, diamond-shaped body which  them to angle themselves perfectly for picking food off of the rocky ocean floor.  They are mottled green in color.