Please ID this Filefish

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Hi. Is this the aiptasia eating type of Filefish? If not, can you help me id this filefish?

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Radiated filefish, Acreichthys radiatus, closely related to the matted filefish which is most commonly labeled "the aiptasia eating filefish" Acreichthys tomentosus. Both should eat aiptasia.
 
Wow thank you so much. I thought i bought the wrong filefish.
 

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