Alex Mustard / Slender filefish (Monacanthus tuckeri) with red rope sponge on a coral reef. Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands, British West Indies. Caribbean Sea.

Sergio Hanquet / Scrawled filefish (Aluterus scriptus) above sea floor, several fish in background. El Hierro, Canary Islands.

Magnus Lundgren / Wild Wonders of China / Scribbled filefish (Aluterus scriptus) Xiaoliuqiu Island, Taiwan

Georgette Douwma / Seagrass filefish (Acreichthys tomentosus). Lembeh Strait, North Sulawesi, Indonesia.

David Fleetham / Scrawled filefish (Aluterus scriptus), two in coral reef. Hawaii.

Georgette Douwma / Radial filefish (Acreichthys radiatus) amongst soft coral polyps (Xenia sp.) Puerto Galera, Philippines.

Linda Pitkin / Whitespotted filefish (Cantherhines macrocerus) on coral reef Bonaire, Leeward Antilles, Caribbean.

Linda Pitkin / Scrawled filefish (Aluterus scriptus) shadowed by Trumpetfish (Aulostomus maculatus). Blue Tang (Acanthurus coeruleus) also in this mixed fish species feeding association. Bonaire, Leeward Antilles,...

Linda Pitkin / Scrawled filefish (Aluterus scriptus) amongst branches of gorgonian coral (Eunicea) Bonaire, Leeward Antilles, Caribbean.

Claudio Contreras / Scrawled Filefish (Aluterus scriptus), Socorro Island, Revillagigedo Archipelago Biosphere Reserve (Socorro Islands), Pacific Ocean, Western Mexico, March

Georgette Douwma / Radial filefish (Acreichthys radiatus). Lembeh Strait, North Sulawesi, Indonesia.

Pascal Kobeh / Fan-bellied leatherjacket / filefish (Monacanthus chinensis) Sulu Sea, Philippines