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| Triggerfishes | ||||||||||
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| Balistapus Balistes Balistoides Canthidermis Melichthys Odonus Pseudobalistes Rhinecanthus Sufflamen Xanthichthys |
Balistidae - The Triggerfishes
Brightly coloured fishes of the family Balistidae of warm coastal waters. Have a roundish body with an anterior dorsal fin that can lock and unlock. It is due to this behaviour that they are named 'Triggerfish'.
- Balistapus
- Balistapus undulatus Orangestriped triggerfish
- Balistes
- Balistoides
- Balistoides viridecens Mustache triggerfish
- Balistoides conspicillum Clown triggerfish
- Canthidermis
- Melichthys
- Melichthys niger Black triggerfish
- Odonus
- Odonus niger Redtooth triggerfish
- Pseudobalistes
- Pseudobalistes flavomarginatus Yellowmargin triggerfish
- Pseudobalistes fucus Blue or rippled triggerfish
- Rhinecanthus
- Rhinecanthus aculeatus Picassofish or Humuhumu
- Rhinecanthus assasi
- Rhinecanthus lunula
- Rhinecanthus cinereus
- Rhinecanthus Rectangulus
- Sufflamen
- Xanthichthys
