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Sleeping Threadsail Filefish | Stephanolepis cirrhifer

Threadsail filefish (Stephanolepis cirrhifer) bite and latch onto something while they sleep. Here, a pair of these fish are holding onto a rope at about 20m depth while resting. The fish in the background is male. The one in the foreground is female.

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Threadsail filefish (Stephanolepis cirrhifer) bite and latch onto something while they sleep. Here, a pair of these fish are holding onto a rope at about 20m depth while resting. The fish in the background is male. The one in the foreground is female.