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![A juvenile scrawled filefish (Aluterus scriptus) found within the mass ofsargassum expl0384.jpg A juvenile scrawled filefish (Aluterus scriptus) found within the mass ofsargassum](/sites/default/files/styles/max_1300x1300/https/s3.amazonaws.com/s3-east-testmedia-noaa.woc.noaa.gov/dam/Photos/legacy/pl23_expl0384.jpg?itok=66zSnW18)
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A juvenile scrawled filefish (Aluterus scriptus) found within the mass ofsargassum. It's cryptic coloring helps it avoid preditors as it lives among thetangled mass of floating algae. This species may grow as long as two to threefeet in length. (Image credit: Islands in the Stream Expedition 2002. NOAA Office of Ocean Exploration | Bruce Moravchik)