Triggerfish (redirect from Balistidae)
often brightly colored marine ray-finned fishes belonging to the family Balistidae. Often marked by lines and spots, they inhabit tropical and subtropical...
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Clown triggerfish (category Balistidae)
temperate mouths. The family, Balistidae, which is commonly called triggerfish. Currently there are about 37 Balistidae species. This family of fish are...
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Reef triggerfish (category Balistidae)
mystery reef triggerfish show no signs of kin selection. Fish in the Balistidae family, like the reef triggerfish, have unique and adaptive swimming motions...
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triggerfish, is a species of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Balistidae, the triggerfishes. This triggerfish has a wide Indo-Pacific distribution...
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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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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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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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Orange-lined triggerfish (category Balistidae)
triggerfish, is a species of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Balistidae, the triggerfishes. This species is the only species in the monospecific...
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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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Abalistes (category Balistidae)
is a small genus of marine ray-finned fishes belonging to the family Balistidae, the triggerfishes. These triggerfishes are found in the Indo-Pacific...
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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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triggerfish, is a species of ray-finned fish in the triggerfish family Balistidae, the triggerfishes. The species is native to shallow parts of the western...
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Durophagy (section Triggerfish (Balistidae))
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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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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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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triggerfish, is a species of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Balistidae, the triggerfishes. This triggerfish is found in the Eastern Pacific Ocean...
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species of the genus Balistes. Balistes is the type genus of the family Balistidae, which is classified in the suborder Balistoidei in the order Tetraodontiformes...
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triggerfish, is a species of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Balistidae, the triggerfishes. It is found in the Indo-Pacific Ocean and in subtropical...
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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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Xanthichthys greenei (category Balistidae)
John (2013-09-16). "Xanthichthys greenei, a new species of triggerfish (Balistidae) from the Line Islands". Biodiversity Data Journal. 1: e994. doi:10.3897/BDJ...
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Balistoides (category Balistidae)
Balistoides is a genus of marine ray-finned fishes belonging to the family Balistidae, the triggerfishes. The triggerfishes in this genus are found in the Indo-Pacific...
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Atherinopsidae Auchenipteridae Aulopidae Aulorhynchidae Aulostomidae Bagridae Balistidae Balitoridae Banjosidae Barbourisiidae Bathyclupeidae Bathydraconidae Bathylagidae...
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Scharpf (21 August 2024). "Order TETRAODONTIFORMES: Families MOLIDAE, BALISTIDAE, MONACANTHIDAE, ARACANIDAE and OSTRACIIDAE". Christopher Scharpf. Retrieved...
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Balistes (category Balistidae)
Balistes is a genus of marine ray-finned fishes belonging to the family Balistidae, the triggerfishes. The triggerfishes in this genus are found in the Atlantic...
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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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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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Scharpf (21 August 2024). "Order TETRAODONTIFORMES: Families MOLIDAE, BALISTIDAE, MONACANTHIDAE, ARACANIDAE and OSTRACIIDAE". Christopher Scharpf. Retrieved...
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triggerfish, is a species of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Balistidae, the triggerfishes. This species occurs in the Eastern Atlantic Ocean...
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Scharpf (21 August 2024). "Order TETRAODONTIFORMES: Families MOLIDAE, BALISTIDAE, MONACANTHIDAE, ARACANIDAE and OSTRACIIDAE". Christopher Scharpf. Retrieved...
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Pseudobalistes (category Balistidae)
Pseudobalistes is a genus of fish belonging to the family Balistidae. There are currently 3 recognized species in this genus: Matsuura, Keiichi (2015)...
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