Captive Oxymonacanthus longirostris

By: Manh Cao

Class of 2012, The Ohio State University

Eight months on a frozen and flake food diet. What a beautiful fish!

For those that don't have their fish taxonomy memorized (like me), this is an Orange Spotted or Harlequin Filefish which is native to coral reefs in the Indo-Pacific oceans. Here's a site where you can read more about them: http://www.fishbase.org/summary/speciessummary.php?id=6559