• Name:

    Green Filefish

  • Family: Monacanthidae
  • Species: Filefish
  • Scientific Name: Acanthaluterus spilomelanura
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General info about Green Filefish

The Green Filefish is an extremely rare and hardly ever seen filefish. Green Filefish have a mostly green body with brown markings and black spots. Green Filefish will do best in tanks with lots of live rock and some substrate for them to find small inverts to pick on between feedings. Green Filefish are omnivores and require a diet that is rich in both meaty and green foods. Foods like mysis and brine shrimp, high-quality frozen foods, and nori or marine algae sheets should keep your Green Filefish healthy and happy.

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Green Filefish Filefish Monacanthidae Acanthaluterus spilomelanura The Green Filefish is an extremely rare and hardly ever seen filefish. Green Filefish have a mostly green body with brown markings and black spots. Green Filefish will do best in tanks with lots of live rock and some substrate for them to find small inverts to pick on between feedings. Green Filefish are omnivores and require a diet that is rich in both meaty and green foods. Foods like mysis and brine shrimp, high-quality frozen foods, and nori or marine algae sheets should keep your Green Filefish healthy and happy. PalaciosAn

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