Whitespotted Filefish

Cantherhines Filefish should be added to well established aquariums with plenty of room to swim. Plenty of rock work with caves, cracks and crevices should be provided for grazing and hiding. Filefish are slow swimmers, an aquarium with low water flow is required. Feed a well balanced diet of marine meaty and algae based foods. Cantherhines Filefish will pick at coral, algae, sponge, mollusks and sea urchins. Filefish are generally shy and secretive and should only be housed with other peaceful fish.

Whitespotted Filefish are also sometimes known as Barred or Orangefin Filefish. Not often seen in the aquarium trade. Whitespotted Filefish are a gray to yellow brown color, dark vertical stripes, yellow eyes, white lips, orange tailfin and caudal peduncle. Males will generally have a longer and darker caudal fin and darker eye color. Whitespotted Filefish can grow to almost 15".

We recommend a minimum aquarium size of 120 gallons or larger for this species.

Water conditions: Salinity 1.020 - 1.025, Temp (F) 72 - 78, pH 8.1 - 8.4, Alkalinity 8 - 12 dKH