#2349 · 🐟 fish
Scrawled Filefish
🇳🇱 Lettervijlvis ·Aluterus scriptus
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- 1. © Mélodie Caussat · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 2. © Gonzalo Mucientes Sandoval · CC BY-NC 4.0
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- 10. © Andrew Deacon · CC0
what is it?
Aluterus scriptus , commonly known as scrawled filefish , broomtail filefish or scribbled leatherjacket , is a marine fish belonging to the family Monacanthidae.
base stats
Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).
fun facts
- No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
- 4,203 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
- Scientifically named by Peter Osbeck in 1765 (261 years ago).
fact sheet
- English
- Scrawled Filefish
- Nederlands
- Lettervijlvis
- scientific name
- Aluterus scriptus
- class
- Actinopterygii
- order
- Tetraodontiformes
- family
- Monacanthidae
- IUCN Red List
- LC · least concern
- sightings in NL
- 0
- sightings worldwide
- 4,203
- GBIF records in NL
- 1
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
- named
- 1765 by Peter Osbeck
IUCN in Dutch: niet bedreigd. Blank means the sources don't say.
relatives· Monacanthidae
Sources: iNaturalist taxon 49498, Wikidata Q1192880, GBIF 2406721, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.