BrackishSaltwater
Yellowmargin triggerfish
Pseudobalistes flavimarginatus
Balistidae
Facts
Characteristics
- Length
- Up to 60 cm
- Body shape
- Deep-bodied
Care
- Group
- Missing
- Smallest aquarium
- 4,545 liters
- Diet
- Missing
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Behavior
Water values
Smallest tank
Range
Native
Lives wild in Australia, Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Cook Islands, Egypt, Fiji, France, French Polynesia, Guam, and 24 more countries.
More about the species
Description
Inhabits coastal to inner reefs and estuaries, often in silty habitats. Found on lagoon slope and floor, also coral reefs. Generally solitary or in pairs. Young form small aggregations when common while adults are usually seen solitary, except when nesting and males congregate on certain sand flats adjacent to reefs. Feeds on tips of coral branches, gastropods, crustaceans, foraminiferans, and tunicates and also on sea urchins. Oviparous. Nest-guarding females are aggressive. Also caught with drive-in nets. Marketed fresh and dried-salted. Ciguatoxic in certain areas. Maximum depth reported taken from Ref. 128797.
Other names
Other scientific names
- Balistes flavimarginatus
- Pseudobalistes flavomarginatus
In other languages
- Gulkantet aftrækkerfisk
- Black-spotted triggerfish, Green triggerfish, Leatherjacket, Starry triggerfish, Triggerfish, White trigger, Yellow-margin triggerfish, Yellowface triggerfish
Articles
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