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The most popular Rhinecanthus species is immortalized in the
song of none other than Don Ho himself. This is the Humuhumu
nukunuku apua'a (literally "water pig with a
needle" in Hawaiian, in reference to grunting noise they
make and their spiny dorsal "trigger"), AKA the Picasso
or Lagoon Trigger (aka the "Blackbar" to science),
Rhinecanthus aculeatus (Linnaeus 1758). A few inch juv. in the
Maldives. |
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From further out in the western Indian Ocean and the Red Sea
comes another "Picasso", or (preferably) the Assasi
Trigger, Rhinecanthus assasi (Forsskal 1775). This
one in the Red Sea. To one foot in length. |
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Bluethroat or Whitetail Trigger, Sufflamen albicaudatus
(Ruppell 1829). Western Indian Ocean, Red Sea, Gulf of Oman. A
beauty and peaceful as triggers go. Have even seen this species
kept in reef systems. To eight inches in length. Male
in the Red Sea pictured. |
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More rarely, and very similar to the Whitetail, you may find
the Indo-Pacific Halfmoon or Whitetip Trigger, Sufflamen
chrysopterus (Bloch & Schneider 1801). Note the discontinuous white border on the
tail. Adult male in Mauritius 2017.
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