Aiptasia Eating Filefish

Matted Filefish (Acreichthys tomentosus)

Acreichthys tomentosus-Matted filefish are an incredibly helpful species of filefish. They can also be called the Aiptasia- eating filefish because of their propensity to eat the nuisance anemones commonly found in the aquarium trade like aiptasia, mojanos, and hydroids.