Filefish are one of those forgotten groups in our hobby. Not generally thought of as reef safe, too timid for the typical fish-only setup (where their relatives, the Triggerfish, tend to be more obvious choices), the Filefish are relegated to the curiosities, the afterthoughts. ORA’s latest captive-breeding first, the Whitespotted Pygmy Filefish, aka.Rudarius Ercodes, puts the filefish family at the forefront yet again.
Filefish一直是育种者能够消失的群体之一Acreichthys tomentosus, the Bristletail (and Aiptasia-eating) Filefish, being the first known species successfully bred in captivity by Iris Bönig in 2007. I (Matt Pedersen), quickly followed up with the 2nd species, the Harlequin or Orange Spotted Filefish,氧甲锥虫longirostris，在2008年。从某种意义上说，这两种物种都是“适度的礁石安全”，这可能是如今更多的人看着它们的部分原因。
其他育种者狂热地添加了第三种，最著名的是Dominick Cirigliano，他成功产生了，但未能饲养Rudarius Ercodesdespite good attempts. Cirigliano also at minimum spawnedA. tomentosus再次,以及documenting what was probably the first spawn of aPervagor物种。在此期间，包括安德鲁·贝里（Andrew Berry）和乍得·沃森（Chad Vossen）在内的其他育种者（无疑是其他）能够重新产生O. longirostris同样，但没有成功的饲养。我狂热地试图打破新的地面，2013年，红海长filefish的两个卵都有记录在记录的产卵中，Oxymonacanthus halli, and the Radial Filefish,A. radiatus, but neither resulted in successful rearing. I would not be surprised to learn of other attempts with other species.
所以,后一点of a dry spell on the filefish breeding front, ORA claims the newest captive-breeding first in the Monacanthid family with the tiny, and very agreeableRudarius Ercodes. ORA notes that despite this species “temperate” range, it has done perfectly fine at typical tropical temperatures. Additionally, in their estimation, this species is probably one we can consider “reef safe” as well.
通常，Filefish已被证明是很棒的育种项目。作为带有细小卵的小卵，它们的生产物孵化为prolarvae，它们非常接近几乎所有上层产卵者的等同，它们的幼虫却像prolarvae一样孵化（没有眼睛，没有肠子，没有嘴，没有嘴巴等……）。有些物种甚至倾向于它们的巢，通常是在藻类的沙子或斑块中产生的。自从我们的圈养成就列表中添加了Filefish以来，已经太久了（6年）了 -Bravo Ora!
