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Balistes bellus Walbaum 1792. Balistes equestris Gronow 1854. Balistes vetula trinitatis Nichols & Murphy 1914. Balistes vetula, the queen triggerfish or old wife, is a reef dwelling triggerfish found in the Atlantic Ocean. It is occasionally caught as a gamefish, and sometimes kept in very large marine aquaria .
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 ...
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 ...
The lagoon triggerfish (Rhinecanthus aculeatus), also known as the blackbar triggerfish, the Picasso triggerfish, or the Picassofish, is a triggerfish, up to 30 cm in length, found on reefs in the Indo-Pacific region. [2] This species has been studied in a range of research contexts, from locomotion to color vision research.
Canthidermis maculata. Canthidermis maculata, also known as rough triggerfish or spotted oceanic triggerfish, is a species of triggerfish native to the tropical and subtropical oceans worldwide. Unlike most triggerfish, they are mostly pelagic. In the Philippines, it is locally called as Tikos in the Cebuano language and is abundant in the ...
The titan triggerfish, giant triggerfish or moustache triggerfish (Balistoides viridescens) is a large species of triggerfish found in lagoons and at reefs to depths of 50 m (160 ft) in most of the Indo-Pacific, though it is absent from Hawaii. With a length of up to 75 centimetres (30 in), [2] it is the largest species of triggerfish in its ...
Balistes punctatus, the bluespotted triggerfish or simply spotted triggerfish, is a species of triggerfish from the Eastern Atlantic. It occasionally makes its way into the aquarium trade. [1] It can grow to a size of 60 centimetres (24 in) total length but typically is much smaller.
Various bottom feeding fish feed on the young sea urchins. In Jamaica, the queen triggerfish, (Balistes vetula), is the main predator. [5] During their first year, young urchins increased their diameter by about 7 millimetres (0.28 in) a month. Growth slowed thereafter and halted completely after maturity was reached while the gonads were ripening.