Monday, September 10, 2012

Flame Filefish - Pervagor melanocephalus - Blackheaded File Fish @$25.98 2/$50.00

The Filefish is also known as the Flame Filefish . The body is orange to red in color and the head can be gray to black. Filefish from Hawaii tend to have more vivid colors than those from the Indian Ocean.

The Flame Filefish have 1 or 2 dorsal spines, 30 to 33 dorsal soft rays but they have no anal spines. There are 27 to 30 anal soft rays. The head of Filefish is blackish brown or bluish black whereas anterior portion of body, and rest of the body is orange. A black blotch surrounds the gill opening. The Caudal fin is orange, soft dorsal and anal fins are yellow and first dorsal spine is blackish brown. The Pelvic rudiment is large not broadly attached to posterior margin of ventral flap. The scale ridge rugosities of male usually develop at about 65 mm SL.
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