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Related FAQs: Canthidermis Triggers, Triggerfishes
in General,
Triggerfish:
Identification,
Selection,
Selection 2, Compatibility,
Behavior,
Systems, Feeding,
Diseases, Triggerfish
Health 2, Reproduction,
Related Articles: Triggerfishes (Family Balistidae),
Red
Sea Triggerfishes, Triggers of the Cook
Islands, Hawaiian Triggerfishes,
/The Best Livestock for A Marine Aquarium (Series)
Triggerfishes of the Genus
Canthidermis
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by Bob Fenner
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Canthidermis
Sufflamen |
The genus Canthidermis: three species.
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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.
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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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