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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. Cozumel 2011.

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. Cozumel 2011.

Canthigaster rostrata (Bloch 1786), simply called the Sharpnose Puffer. Tropical west Atlantic species, common and inexpensive. To five inches. Eats mainly seagrass (and some invertebrates) in the wild. Cozumel 2011.

Caranx latus Agassiz 1831, the Horse-eye Jack. Western and Eastern Atlantic. To a meter in length. Cozumel 2011.

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