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    Triggerfish (redirect from Balistidae)
    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...
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    Clown triggerfish (category Balistidae)
    bigspotted triggerfish, is a demersal marine fish belonging to the family Balistidae, or commonly called triggerfish. The clown triggerfish is a fish which...
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    Pseudobalistes fuscus (category Balistidae)
    triggerfish and blue-and-gold triggerfish) is a fish belonging to the family Balistidae. Pseudobalistes fuscus can reach a length of 55 centimetres (22 inches)...
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    Durophagy is the eating behavior of animals that consume hard-shelled or exoskeleton bearing organisms, such as corals, shelled mollusks, or crabs. It...
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    Redtoothed triggerfish (category Balistidae)
    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...
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    Yellowmargin triggerfish (category Balistidae)
    triggerfish (Pseudobalistes flavimarginatus) is a marine fish in the family Balistidae. It is found in coastal tropical waters and reefs of the Indo-Pacific...
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    Titan triggerfish (category Balistidae)
    Distribution and Characterization of the Triggerfish Balistoides viridescens (Balistidae) on a Spawning Aggregation Site at Guam, Mariana Islands". Proceedings...
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    Orange-lined triggerfish (category Balistidae)
    evolutionary basis of diversity patterns in triggerfishes and filefishes (Balistidae, Monacanthidae; Tetraodontiformes)". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution...
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    weighing over 2 tonnes. Most members of this order – except for the family Balistidae – are ostraciiform swimmers, meaning the body is rigid and incapable of...
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    Lagoon triggerfish (category Balistidae)
    not much is known about this (similar mating systems are seen in other Balistidae species). If a male or female is removed or disappears their territories...
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    Melichthys is a small genus in the triggerfish family (Balistidae). Member species are found in the Indian Ocean, Pacific Ocean and even the Red Sea (M...
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    Abalistes (category Balistidae)
    (2004): A new triggerfish of the genus Abalistes (Tetraodontiformes: Balistidae) from the western Pacific. Records of the Australian Museum, 56 (2): 189–194...
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    Canthidermis maculata (category Balistidae)
    Sites and Behavior of the Deep Water Triggerfish Canthidermis maculata (Balistidae) in the Solomon Islands and Thailand.” Aqua, International Journal of...
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    family Monacanthidae. The species can also be listed under the family Balistidae. They can reach a maximum size of 62 centimetres (24 in) although they...
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    Reef triggerfish (category Balistidae)
    Phylum: Chordata Class: Actinopterygii Order: Tetraodontiformes Family: Balistidae Genus: Rhinecanthus Species: R. rectangulus Binomial name Rhinecanthus...
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  • Atherinopsidae Auchenipteridae Aulopidae Aulorhynchidae Aulostomidae Bagridae Balistidae Balitoridae Banjosidae Barbourisiidae Bathyclupeidae Bathydraconidae Bathylagidae...
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    Starry triggerfish (category Balistidae)
    YOSHINO, 2004. A new triggerfish of the genus Abalistes (Tetraodontiformes: Balistidae) from the western Pacific. Records of the Australian Museum 56(2): 189–194...
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    Phylum: Chordata Class: Actinopterygii Order: Tetraodontiformes Family: Balistidae Genus: Melichthys Species: M. niger Binomial name Melichthys niger (Bloch...
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    Rhinecanthus assasi (category Balistidae)
    triggerfish or Arabian picassofish, is a species of fish in the family Balistidae, the triggerfishes. Rhinecanthus assasi reaches up to 30 centimeters long...
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    Blackbelly triggerfish (category Balistidae)
    triggerfish (Rhinecanthus verrucosus) is a ray-finned fish in the family Balistidae found in the Indo-Pacific. It occasionally makes its way into the aquarium...
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    Xanthichthys (category Balistidae)
    Earle, John (2013). "Xanthichthys greenei, a new species of triggerfish (Balistidae) from the Line Islands". Biodiversity Data Journal. 1 (1): e994. doi:10...
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    both anal and dorsal fins undulate. It is characteristic of the family Balistidae (triggerfishes). It may also be seen in the Zeidae. Oscillation is viewed...
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    October 2020). "First occurrence of fossil Balistes (Tetradontiformes: Balistidae) from the Miocene of Cuba with the description of a new species and a...
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    This is a list of fish found in and around Great Britain, in both fresh water (lakes, rivers, streams and man-made pools) and salt water. This list includes...
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    for Malacanthidae - Tilefishes". fishbase.mnhn.fr. "FAMILY Details for Balistidae - Triggerfishes". fishbase.mnhn.fr. "FAMILY Details for Aulostomidae -...
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    This is a list of the fish species found in India and is based on FishBase. Albula vulpes translated "Thapi_Lesapo" by Mr Jasson Kemiso Mudongo, a young...
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    Canthidermis sufflamen (category Balistidae)
    Phylum: Chordata Class: Actinopterygii Order: Tetraodontiformes Family: Balistidae Genus: Canthidermis Species: C. sufflamen Binomial name Canthidermis sufflamen...
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  • in the yellow-spotted triggerfish Pseudobalistes fuscus (Perciformes: Balistidae) and additional opecoelids parasitizing fishes from the waters off New...
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    Stone triggerfish (category Balistidae)
    Phylum: Chordata Class: Actinopterygii Order: Tetraodontiformes Family: Balistidae Genus: Pseudobalistes Species: P. naufragium Binomial name Pseudobalistes...
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    Native  Bulgaria,  Turkey Not Evaluated Ordo: Tetraodontiformes Family: Balistidae Balistes capriscus (Gmelin, 1789) Grey triggerfish Native  Bulgaria,  Turkey...
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