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Balistapus undulatus (Park 1797), the Undulated or
Orange-Lined Triggerfish is both loved and vilified in our hobby. On the
one hand it’s a gorgeous species that is very hardy. On the other it can
be a pure terror towards its tank-mates, eating or "sampling" them all
to death. Don’t despair if you have a penchant for keeping this fish.
True, most Indo-Pacific ones are mean to a fault and must be kept only
with like-mad-minded fishes, but do look for the more mellow Red Sea
specimens if you can. These are much more peaceful toward other species.
An Undulated Trigger in the Red Sea |
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Balistapus undulatus (Park 1797), the Undulated or
Orange-Lined Triggerfish is both loved and vilified in our hobby. On the
one hand it’s a gorgeous species that is very hardy. On the other it can
be a pure terror towards its tank-mates, eating or "sampling" them all
to death. Don’t despair if you have a penchant for keeping this fish.
True, most Indo-Pacific ones are mean to a fault and must be kept only
with like-mad-minded fishes, but do look for the more mellow Red Sea
specimens if you can. These are much more peaceful toward other species.
An Undulated Trigger in the Gilis, north of Lombok, Indo. |
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Much more beautiful but the embodiment of aggression in a marine tropical is the
Queen Triggerfish, Balistes vetula Linnaeus 1758, from the Atlantic.
This is a MEAN fish, biting machine that must be kept with basses, puffers and
other animals too unpalatable to bite or mean and smart enough to bite back. To
two feet in length. Pictured below: A fifteen inch monster in captivity. |
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| Much more beautiful but the embodiment of aggression in
a marine tropical is the Queen Triggerfish, Balistes vetula
Linnaeus 1758, from the Atlantic. This is a MEAN fish, biting machine
that must be kept with basses, puffers and other animals too unpalatable
to bite or mean and smart enough to bite back. To two feet in length.
Pictured below: A foot long beauty in the Bahamas. |
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