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title: "Scrawled Filefish"
description: "Aluterus scriptus — Pesci. Aluterus scriptus, commonly known as scrawled filefish, broomtail filefish or scribbled leatherjacket, is a marine fish belonging to the family Monacanthidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/it/animal/scrawled-filefish
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Scrawled Filefish

> Aluterus scriptus — Pesci. Aluterus scriptus, commonly known as scrawled filefish, broomtail filefish or scribbled leatherjacket, is a marine fish belonging to the family Monacanthidae.

- Scientific name: *Aluterus scriptus*
- Category: `fish` (Pesci)
- Habitats: `sea` (Mare e costa)
- iNaturalist observations: 4091
- Wikidata: [Q1192880](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1192880)
- iNaturalist taxon: [49498](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/49498)

## Names

- en: Scrawled Filefish
- de: Schrift-Feilenfisch
- es: Pez lija pintado
- fr: Poisson-lime gribouillé
- nl: Lettervijlvis
- pl: Alutera pisana

## Countries with the most observations

US (671), ID (422), MX (371), EG (237), NC (121), MV (120), PH (113), HN (68), ES (62), TH (59), KY (57), CW (55)

## Summary

Aluterus scriptus, commonly known as scrawled filefish, broomtail filefish or scribbled leatherjacket, is a marine fish belonging to the family Monacanthidae.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aluterus_scriptus

## Photo

![Scrawled Filefish](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/scrawled-filefish/medium.jpg)

Photo: Andrew Deacon · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/190752391

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/scrawled-filefish?lang=it` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).