Minute filefish

[Swimzebras]

Does anybody know where I could get a minute filefish? I'm not sure what the scientific name is.... R. Minutus maybe

 

[mr_X]

Rudarius minutus, but i haven't seen any on stock lists as of yet.

 

[Swimzebras]

Darn, I really like them because I think they look cool even when they get older. I've been keeping an eye out in liveaquaria's diver's den but I havent seen one there either... Hmmm

 

[Swimzebras]

What other cool looking small filefish are there? Like in the two to three inch range?

 

[Swimzebras]

Have you ever seen a slender filefish for sale? Sorry for all the questions and thanks for the help...,

 

[mr_X]

i don't recall a slender filefish, but mostly they offer the green filefish some call the "aptasia eating filefish" (acreichthys tomentosus). i also see what is called a "fan bellied file" - monacanthus chinensis
neither of which stop at 3".

 

[Swimzebras]

Yea.....do you know of any around 4"?