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Finescale Triggerfish
Balistes polylepis Steindachner, 1876
Balistes polylepis, the finescale triggerfish, is a plain brown/gray triggerfish…
Queen Triggerfish
Balistes vetula Linnaeus, 1758
Balistes vetula, the queen triggerfish, is a large Atlantic triggerfish that may…
Pinktail Triggerfish
Melichthys vidua (Richardson, 1845)
Melichthys vidua, the pinktail triggerfish, is a reef-dwelling triggerfish found…
Black Triggerfish
Melichthys niger (Bloch, 1786)
Melichthys niger, the black triggerfish, is a circumtropical color-changing trig…
Black-finned Triggerfish
Melichthys indicus Randall & Klausewitz, 1973
Melichthys indicus, the Indian triggerfish, is a 25 cm long triggerfish found ac…
Wedgetail Triggerfish
Rhinecanthus rectangulus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
Rhinecanthus rectangulus, the reef triggerfish, is a reef fish with distinct phy…
Lagoon Triggerfish
Rhinecanthus aculeatus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Rhinecanthus aculeatus is an Indo-Pacific reef triggerfish studied in diverse re…
Blackpatch Triggerfish
Rhinecanthus verrucosus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Rhinecanthus verrucosus, the blackbelly triggerfish, is a small Indo-Pacific tri…
Arabian Picasso Triggerfish
Rhinecanthus assasi (Forsskål, 1775)
Rhinecanthus assasi is a 30 cm reef triggerfish found in the western Indian Ocea…
Flagtail Triggerfish
Sufflamen chrysopterum (Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
The halfmoon triggerfish (Sufflamen chrysopterum) is a solitary triggerfish nati…
Orangeside Triggerfish
Sufflamen verres (Gilbert & Starks, 1904)
Sufflamen verres, the orangeside triggerfish, is a triggerfish species found alo…
Bridled Triggerfish
Sufflamen fraenatum (Latreille, 1804)
Masked triggerfish (Sufflamen fraenatum) is a triggerfish species found across m…
Lei Triggerfish
Sufflamen bursa (Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
Sufflamen bursa is a triggerfish from the Indo-Pacific that is edible and hunted…
Bluethroat Triggerfish
Sufflamen albicaudatum (Rüppell, 1829)
Sufflamen albicaudatum, the bluethroat triggerfish, is a 22 cm long triggerfish …
Redtooth Triggerfish
Odonus niger (Rüppell, 1836)
Odonus niger, the redtoothed triggerfish, is a distinctive Indo-Pacific triggerf…
Orangestripe Triggerfish
Balistapus undulatus (Park, 1797)
Balistapus undulatus, the orange-lined triggerfish, is a reef-dwelling fish with…
Starry Triggerfish
Abalistes stellatus (Anonymous, 1798)
Abalistes stellatus is a triggerfish species found in the Indian and Western Pac…
Titan Triggerfish
Balistoides viridescens (Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
Balistoides viridescens, the titan triggerfish, is a large Indo-Pacific triggerf…
Clown Triggerfish
Balistoides conspicillum (Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
Balistoides conspicillum, the clown triggerfish, is a distinctively patterned tr…
Oceanic Triggerfish
Canthidermis sufflamen (Mitchill, 1815)
Canthidermis sufflamen, the ocean triggerfish, is a reef-associated triggerfish …
Spotted Oceanic Triggerfish
Canthidermis maculata (Bloch, 1786)
Canthidermis maculata, the spotted oceanic triggerfish, is a widely distributed …
Stone Triggerfish
Pseudobalistes naufragium (Jordan & Starks, 1895)
Pseudobalistes naufragium, the stone triggerfish, is a toothy fish found in the …
Blue Triggerfish
Pseudobalistes fuscus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
Pseudobalistes fuscus is an aggressive reef-associated triggerfish widespread in…
Yellowmargin Triggerfish
Pseudobalistes flavimarginatus (Rüppell, 1829)
Pseudobalistes flavimarginatus, the yellowmargin triggerfish, is an Indo-Pacific…
