Shorefishes - Gallery

grey + blue spots, 3 indistinct dark bars

juv: stronger bars

cheek yellow + 2 oblique blue stripes; fins - blue borders

juv: oblique blue lines on head

Balistes vetula, Queen triggerfish

black; lower body - oval white blotches
back: yellow blotch + black spots

mouth yellow

body elongate
dark grey + white spots

D 23-25
A 20-22

Canthidermis maculata, Spotted oceanic triggerfish, Rough triggerfish

soft D&A long, curved
skin very rough

pectoral 13-15

body relatively deep
dark grey, dark blotch pectoral base

D 26-27
A 23-25

soft D & A long, curved

pectoral 15-16

body & fins black, D & A base white line

Melichthys niger, Black durgon, Black triggerfish

upper body: orange diagonal bar
center flank: large black blotch
thin black bar through eye

tail base: 3 rows black spines

Rhinecanthus aculeatus, Lagoon triggerfish, Whiteband triggerfish

lower rear body: diagonal black bars

large dark oval blotch above anus
thin black bar through eye

tail base: 3 rows black spines

Rhinecanthus verrucosus, Blackbelly triggerfish, Black-patch triggerfish

oval

blue-grey + black spots, cheek grooves dark, C red edges

Xanthichthys ringens, Sargassum triggerfish

mouth opens above, oblique