Balistidae
Balistes capriscus Gmelin, 1789
Balistes capriscus Gmelin, 1789
Balistes capriscus, the grey triggerfish, is a medium-sized reef fish found across the Atlantic, with an expanding northern range.
Balistes polylepis Steindachner, 1876
Balistes polylepis Steindachner, 1876
Balistes polylepis, the finescale triggerfish, is a plain brown/gray triggerfish found in the Eastern Pacific.
Balistes vetula Linnaeus, 1758
Balistes vetula Linnaeus, 1758
Balistes vetula, the queen triggerfish, is a large Atlantic triggerfish that may carry ciguatoxin and is fished for food.
Melichthys vidua (Richardson, 1845)
Melichthys vidua (Richardson, 1845)
Melichthys vidua, the pinktail triggerfish, is a reef-dwelling triggerfish found across the Indian and Pacific Oceans that feeds mostly on plankton and fish eggs.
Melichthys niger (Bloch, 1786)
Melichthys niger (Bloch, 1786)
Melichthys niger, the black triggerfish, is a circumtropical color-changing triggerfish with distinct light fin lines.
Melichthys indicus Randall & Klausewitz, 1973
Melichthys indicus Randall & Klausewitz, 1973
Melichthys indicus, the Indian triggerfish, is a 25 cm long triggerfish found across the Indian Ocean.
Rhinecanthus rectangulus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
Rhinecanthus rectangulus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
Rhinecanthus rectangulus, the reef triggerfish, is a reef fish with distinct physical traits and is often confused with close relatives.
Rhinecanthus aculeatus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Rhinecanthus aculeatus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Rhinecanthus aculeatus is an Indo-Pacific reef triggerfish studied in diverse research, with maternal egg care and a haremic mating system.
Rhinecanthus verrucosus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Rhinecanthus verrucosus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Rhinecanthus verrucosus, the blackbelly triggerfish, is a small Indo-Pacific triggerfish with a characteristic large ventral black spot.
Rhinecanthus assasi (Forsskål, 1775)
Rhinecanthus assasi (Forsskål, 1775)
Rhinecanthus assasi is a 30 cm reef triggerfish found in the western Indian Ocean that feeds mostly on invertebrates.
Sufflamen chrysopterum (Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
Sufflamen chrysopterum (Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
The halfmoon triggerfish (Sufflamen chrysopterum) is a solitary triggerfish native to the tropical Indo-West Pacific.
Sufflamen verres (Gilbert & Starks, 1904)
Sufflamen verres (Gilbert & Starks, 1904)
Sufflamen verres, the orangeside triggerfish, is a triggerfish species found along the eastern Pacific from Mexico to Ecuador and the Galapagos Islands.
Sufflamen fraenatum (Latreille, 1804)
Sufflamen fraenatum (Latreille, 1804)
Masked triggerfish (Sufflamen fraenatum) is a triggerfish species found across much of the Indo-Pacific at depths of 8 to 186 meters.
Sufflamen bursa (Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
Sufflamen bursa (Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
Sufflamen bursa is a triggerfish from the Indo-Pacific that is edible and hunted by predators, with defensive adaptations against urchins.
Sufflamen albicaudatum (Rüppell, 1829)
Sufflamen albicaudatum (Rüppell, 1829)
Sufflamen albicaudatum, the bluethroat triggerfish, is a 22 cm long triggerfish from the western Indian Ocean occasionally sold in aquariums.
Odonus niger (Rüppell, 1836)
Odonus niger (Rüppell, 1836)
Odonus niger, the redtoothed triggerfish, is a distinctive Indo-Pacific triggerfish with unique swimming and visible red teeth.
Balistapus undulatus (Park, 1797)
Balistapus undulatus (Park, 1797)
Balistapus undulatus, the orange-lined triggerfish, is a reef-dwelling fish with distinct orange body lines found in the Indo-western Pacific.
Abalistes stellatus (Anonymous, 1798)
Abalistes stellatus (Anonymous, 1798)
Abalistes stellatus is a triggerfish species found in the Indian and Western Pacific Oceans, with a maximum length of 60 cm.
Balistoides viridescens (Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
Balistoides viridescens (Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
Balistoides viridescens, the titan triggerfish, is a large Indo-Pacific triggerfish reaching up to 75 cm long.
Balistoides conspicillum (Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
Balistoides conspicillum (Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
Balistoides conspicillum, the clown triggerfish, is a distinctively patterned triggerfish found across Indo-Pacific tropical reefs.
Canthidermis sufflamen (Mitchill, 1815)
Canthidermis sufflamen (Mitchill, 1815)
Canthidermis sufflamen, the ocean triggerfish, is a reef-associated triggerfish found in the western and eastern Atlantic.
Canthidermis maculata (Bloch, 1786)
Canthidermis maculata (Bloch, 1786)
Canthidermis maculata, the spotted oceanic triggerfish, is a widely distributed triggerfish named for its unique first dorsal fin trigger-like spine structure.
Pseudobalistes naufragium (Jordan & Starks, 1895)
Pseudobalistes naufragium (Jordan & Starks, 1895)
Pseudobalistes naufragium, the stone triggerfish, is a toothy fish found in the eastern Pacific from Baja California to Chile.
Pseudobalistes fuscus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
Pseudobalistes fuscus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
Pseudobalistes fuscus is an aggressive reef-associated triggerfish widespread in the Tropical Indo-Pacific.
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