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The triggerfish family, Balistidae. was first proposed in 1810 by the French polymath Constantine Samuel Rafinesque. [4] The closest relatives to the triggerfishes are the filefishses belonging to the family Monacanthidae and these two families are sometimes classified together in the suborder Balistoidei, for example in the 5th edition of Fishes of the World. [5]
Unlike most triggerfish they are epipelagic. They usually live far away from the coast in the microhabitat created by floating objects like trees, or branches, but also plastic wreck remains, ropes and other large flotsam and jetsam items.
The reef triggerfish also holds cultural values to the Hawaii natives although it is not endemic to the Hawaiian waters. This triggerfish is thought to be connected to the Hawaiian pig god Kamapua’a. [21] Kamapua’a was notorious for his violent behaviors, he ended up marrying fire goddess Pele but because of his behavior, they began fighting.
Xanthichthys mento, the redtail triggerfish, blue-throat triggerfish, or crosshatch triggerfish, is a species of triggerfish from the Pacific.It inhabits outer-reef areas at depths of 6–131 m (20–430 ft), and feeds on zooplankton. [1]
outrigger triggerfish: Indo-West Pacific. Xanthichthys greenei Pyle & Earle, 2013 [3] Kiri triggerfish: Pacific Ocean Xanthichthys lineopunctatus Hollard, 1854: striped triggerfish: South Africa eastward through northern Australia to New Guinea, north to southern Japan. Xanthichthys mento D. S. Jordan & C. H. Gilbert, 1882: redtail triggerfish ...
The blackbelly triggerfish is a territorial species and defends its territory against other triggerfish including the lagoon triggerfish (Rhinecanthus aculeatus). Its habitat is lagoons and reef flats where it favours areas with seaweed, corals, seagrasses, sandy flats, and stony places. It may move from place to place according to the status ...
Rhinecanthus assasi, commonly known as the Assasi triggerfish or Arabian picassofish, [2] is a species of fish in the family Balistidae, the triggerfishes. Description
Melichthys is a small genus in the triggerfish family ().Member species are found in the Indian Ocean, Pacific Ocean and even the Red Sea (M. niger).The Black triggerfish is the largest species in this genus at 45 cm in length and the Indian triggerfish is the smallest at 25 cm. Melichthys niger and Melichthys indicus are similar in appearance and are often confused.