Black Triggerfish (Melichthys niger) known to tropical fish keeping enthusiasts as Hawaiian Black Trigger, Black Durgon, Black Finned Triggerfish, or in Hawaiian, Humuhumu’ele’ele are found worldwide in Tropical Atlantic/Caribbean, Tropical Eastern Pacific, and Tropical Indo Pacific waters. Its range extends from Hawaii, up through Polynesia, westward to the East Indies and across the Indian Ocean. […]

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Indian Trigger (Melichthys indicus) known to tropical fish keeping enthusiasts as Black Finned Triggerfish or Indian Black Triggerfish are found throughout the Indian Ocean.   Its range extends from the Red Sea and East Africa, eastward to western Thailand and Sumatra, Indonesia, and the Great Barrier Reef in Australia. Indian triggerfish have never been found near […]

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Sohal Tang (Acanthurus sohal) known to tropical fish keeping enthusiasts as Arabian Tang, Sohal surgeonfish, Zebra Surgeon, Majestic Tang, Majestic Surgeon, Zebra tang, or Red Sea Clown Surgeon is found in the northwestern Indian Ocean where its range extends to the Red Sea, east along the coast of the Arabian Peninsula, to the Persian Gulf. […]

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Crosshatch Triggerfish (Xanthichthys mento) known to tropical fish keeping enthusiasts as the Blue Cheekline Trigger, Redtail Triggerfish, or (erroneusly) the Blue Throat Triggerfish is found throughout tropical and sub-tropical Eastern and Western Pacific Oceans. Its range extends from southern Japan, Hawaiian Islands, Clipperton Island, Revillagigedo Islands, to southern California, Easter Island, and Pitcairn Islands. Crosshatch […]

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Rectangle Triggerfish (Rhinecanthus rectangulus) known to tropical fish keeping enthusiasts as the Reef Triggerfish, Patchy Triggerfish, Rectangular Triggerfish, Wedge Picassofish, Wedge Tailed Trigger, or V-line Humuhumunukunukuapuaa, is found throughout the Indo West and Central Pacafic, and is the state fish of Hawaii. The Humu Rectangle Triggerfish range extends from the Red Sea south to East […]

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Blue Throat Triggerfish (Xanthichthys auromarginatus) known to tropical fish keeping enthusiasts as Blue Jaw Triggerfish, Gilded Triggerfish or Blue Chin Triggerfish are found throughout the Indo-Pacific, East Africa to Hawaii. Their range extends in the Indo Pacific from the Mauritius eastward through northern Australia to the Hawaiian and Society islands, north to southern Japan. Blue Throat Triggerfish […]

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Pinktail Triggerfish (Melichthys vidua) known to tropical fish keeping enthusiasts as Red-Tailed Triggerfish are found throughout Indo Pacific waters. Their range extends from East Africa eastward through the entire length of the Great Barrier Reef in northwestern to central Australia, to the Hawaiian and Tuamotu islands westward through Polynesia, Micronesia, the Philippines, and the East […]

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Niger Triggerfish (Odonus niger) known to tropical fish keeping enthusiasts as Black Triggerfish, Red Tooth Triggerfish, Blue Triggerfish, Redfang Triggerfish, and Redtoothed Filefish are found throughout Indo-Pacific waters and the Red Sea. Their range extends from the east coast of Africa to the Marquesas and Society islands, as far north as Japan, and as far […]

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Sargassum Triggerfish (Xanthichthys ringens) known to tropical fish keeping enthusiasts as the Red Tail Triggerfish which is also occasionally applied to the Crosshatch Triggerfish (Xanthichthys mento), is found in the Western Atlantic from South Carolina, through the Gulf of Mexico to Lesser Antilles and Brazil. Adult Sargassum Triggerfish are normally found alone or in small […]

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Picasso Triggerfish (Rhinecanthus aculeatus) known to tropical fish keeping enthusiasts as Humuhumu Triggerfish (the official state fish of Hawaii), Blackbar Triggerfish, Lagoon Triggerfish, or Picassofish is found throughout the Indo-Pacific and ranges from East Africa eastward through northern Australia to the Hawaiian, Marquesas, and Tuamotu islands, north to southern Japan. Picasso Triggerfish are a shy, […]

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Undulate Triggerfish (Balistapus undulatus) known to tropical fish keeping enthusiasts as the Orangelined Triggerfish, Balistapus undulatus, Orangelined – Orangetailed Triggerfish, and Orange-Lined Triggerfish is a demersal species that occurs on coral reefs in tropical marine waters of the Indo-western Pacific. The Undulate Triggerfish‘s range extends from the coast of East Africa, the Red Sea, Japan, […]

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The Bursa Triggerfish (Rhinecanthus verrucosus) known to tropical fish keeping enthusiasts as the Black Patch Triggerfish or Blackbelly Triggerfish occurs on coral reefs throughout the Indo-West Pacific and in Hawaii. Its range extends from the Seychelles and Chagos Islands to south Japan, Vanuatu, and the Great Barrier Reef in Australia.   In Australia it is recognized […]

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