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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 ...
Description. Redtoothed triggerfish are normally deep purple with bluish-green markings on their heads and glowing light blue margins on the tail lobes and fins. Just like other fish in the family Balistidae, the tail is lyre-shaped. The mouth of the triggerfish seems to be grinning and it maintains tiny red teeth that are needle-sharp with two ...
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 ...
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 ...
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.
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 ...
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 ...
The reef triggerfish was designated the official fish of Hawaii in 1985, [6] but due to an expiration of a Hawaiian state law after five years, it ceased to be the state fish in 1990. [7] On April 17, 2006, bill HB1982 was presented to the Governor of Hawaiʻi , which permanently reinstated the reef triggerfish ( humuhumunukunukuāpuaʻa ) as ...