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 Triggerfishes of the Genus Canthidermis

by Bob Fenner

Canthidermis Sufflamen

The genus Canthidermis: three species.

Canthidermis macrolepis (Boulenger 1888), the Large-Scale Triggerfish. Red Sea and Gulf of Oman. To two feet in length. 

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Canthidermis maculatus (Bloch 1786), the Spotted Oceanic Triggerfish. Circumglobal. To twenty inches in length. A pelagic species that adapts poorly to captivity in general. To about a foot and a half in length.

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. Bahamas pic.

 

 

 


 

 

 

 

 

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