Here is another member of the File fish family, it looks and behaves much like the Hawaiian File fish and they can be found swimming together occasionally. They get to be about 4-7 inches long and eat algae off the reef. This picture was taken at Nahuna Point, Maui.

This filefish is very shy, but not as shy as some. I have started to notice more of them at Makena, they are easy to identify because of the white dot at the base of the tail and the black body, you can see the fin colors clearly in the picture. They seem to be [...]