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The clown triggerfish is widely distributed throughout the tropical and subtropical waters of the Indian Ocean and in the western Pacific Ocean. [4] A single record was reported in the Mediterranean Sea in Spanish waters in 2012, a likely aquarium release. [5] It is most commonly found along external reef slopes with clear water until 75 m ...
Triggerfish are about 40 species of often brightly colored fish of the family Balistidae. Often marked by lines and spots, they inhabit tropical and subtropical oceans throughout the world, with the greatest species richness in the Indo-Pacific. Most are found in relatively shallow, coastal habitats, especially at coral reefs, but a few, such ...
Scientific name. Common Name. Distribution. Balistoides conspicillum ( Bloch & J. G. Schneider, 1801) Clown triggerfish. tropical and subtropical waters of the Indian Ocean and in the western Pacific Ocean. Balistoides viridescens ( Bloch & J. G. Schneider, 1801) Titan triggerfish. Indo-Pacific.
Orange clownfish. The orange clownfish (Amphiprion percula) also known as percula clownfish and clown anemonefish, is widely known as a popular aquarium fish. Like other clownfishes (also known as anemonefishes), it often lives in association with sea anemones. A. percula is associated specifically with Heteractis magnifica and Stichodactyla ...
Pomacentridae. Pomacentridae is a family of ray-finned fish, comprising the damselfishes and clownfishes. This family were formerly placed in the order Perciformes but are now regarded as being incertae sedis in the subseries Ovalentaria in the clade Percomorpha. [2] They are primarily marine, while a few species inhabit freshwater and brackish ...
Clownfish or anemonefish are fishes from the subfamily Amphiprioninae in the family Pomacentridae. Thirty species of clownfish are recognized: one in the genus Premnas, while the remaining are in the genus Amphiprion. In the wild, they all form symbiotic mutualisms with sea anemones. Depending on the species, anemonefish are overall yellow ...
Acanthurus lineatus, the lined surgeonfish, blue banded surgeonfish, blue-lined surgeonfish, clown surgeonfish, pyjama tang, striped surgeonfish, and zebra surgeonfish, is a species of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Acanthuridae, the surgeonfishes, unicornfishes and tangs. This species is found in the Indo-Pacific region.
Scientific name Common Name Distribution Xanthichthys auromarginatus E. T. Bennett, 1832: gilded triggerfish: Indo-Pacific. Xanthichthys caeruleolineatus J. E. Randall, Matsuura & Zama, 1978: outrigger triggerfish: Indo-West Pacific. Xanthichthys greenei Pyle & Earle, 2013 [3] Kiri triggerfish: Pacific Ocean Xanthichthys lineopunctatus Hollard ...