Key Identification Features
- This species has a brown body and black fins, with distinct white lines at the base of its dorsal and anal fins.
- Compared to other larger triggerfishes with overlapping ranges, such as the grey triggerfish and ocean triggerfish, the queen triggerfish is easily identifiable by its distinct color patterns.
- There is also a distinct visible blue line along the edge of its caudal fin.
- It has a small, beak-like mouth tipped at the end of its snout, which features fleshy lips.
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