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Related FAQs: Xanthichthys
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Xanthichthys
Compatibility, Xanthichthys Selection,
Xanthichthys Systems,
Xanthichthys Feeding,
Xanthichthys Disease,
Xanthichthys
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Triggerfishes of the Genus
Xanthichthys
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The genus Xanthichthys: five species.
Similar in easygoingness (is this a new word?) to Sufflamen
triggers, the genus Xanthichthys includes desirably small
species
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The Blue Throat or Gilded Triggerfish, Xanthichthys
auromarginatus (Bennett 1832), true reef dwellers. Here is a
female and a male off of Maui, Hawai'i. Indo-west Pacific. To
about a foot total length.
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Xanthichthys caeruleolineatus Randall, Matsuura &
Zama 1978, the Blue-Line Triggerfish. Indo-west Pacific. To
thirteen inches. Aquarium image by Anthony C.
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Xanthichthys lineopunctatus (Holland 1854), the Striped
Triggerfish. Indo-west Pacific to Africa's east coast. To a
foot in length.
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A more open ocean species, the Redtail or Crosshatch
Triggerfish, Xanthichthys mento (Jordan & Gilbert
1882). Entire tropical Pacific. To a foot in length. A juvenile
and a larger one in captivity and a school off of Socorro in the
Eastern Pacific.
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The Blue Cheekline or Sargassum Xanthichthys ringens
(Linnaeus 1758) from the Atlantic Triggers. These pelagics adapt
more poorly to captivity than other trigger species. Tropical
west Atlantic, North Carolina to Brazil. This one in the
Bahamas.
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