Description

The Tassle Filefish, also known as the Leafy Filefish or Prickly Leather-Jacket Filefish, is camouflaged by its light body with dark horizontal stripes. It is best suited for a 180 gallon or larger aquarium with weedy areas, rocks, and at least one suitable shelter. It is a peaceful fish that does not bother tank mates, with the exception of members of its own family or related kinds.

The Tassle Filefish or Prickly Leather-Jacket Filefish feeds on a diet of meaty foods including chopped shrimp, squid, clams, fish, frozen algae and vitamin enriched foods. It should be fed no fewer than three times per day.