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Related FAQs: Canthidermis
Triggers, Triggerfishes
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Selection, Selection 2,
Compatibility,
Behavior, Systems,
Feeding,
Diseases,
Triggerfish Health
2, Reproduction,
Related Articles: Triggerfishes (Family Balistidae), Red Sea Triggerfishes, Triggers of the Cook Islands,
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Triggerfishes,
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Triggerfishes of the Genus
Canthidermis
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The genus Canthidermis: three species.
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Canthidermis macrolepis (Boulenger 1888), the
Large-Scale Triggerfish. Red Sea and Gulf of Oman. To two feet in
length.
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Canthidermis maculatus (Bloch 1786), the Spotted
Oceanic Triggerfish. Circumglobal. To twenty inches in length. A
pelagic species that adapts poorly to captivity in general. To
about a foot and a half in length.
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Another all-gray contender is the tropical West Atlantic Ocean
Triggerfish, Canthidermis sufflamen (Mitchell 1850). This
is another candidate for regional Public Aquariums with space to
spare. To twenty six inches in length. Open ocean species.
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