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Related FAQs:
Xanthichthys Triggers 1,
Xanthichthys Triggers 2, & FAQs on
Xanthichthys Identification,
Xanthichthys
Behavior, Xanthichthys Compatibility,
Xanthichthys Selection,
Xanthichthys
Systems, Xanthichthys Feeding,
Xanthichthys Disease,
Xanthichthys
Reproduction, &
Triggerfishes
in General, Triggerfish:
Identification,
Selection,
Selection 2, Compatibility,
Behavior,
Systems, Feeding,
Diseases, Triggerfish
Health 2,
Reproduction,
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Sea Triggerfishes, Triggers of the Cook
Islands,
/The Best Livestock for A Marine Aquarium (Series)
Triggerfishes of the Genus
Xanthichthys
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By Bob Fenner |
Xanthichthys ringens |
The genus Xanthichthys: five species.
Similar in easygoingness (is this a new word?) to Sufflamen triggers, the genus
Xanthichthys includes desirably small species
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The Blue Throat or Gilded Triggerfish, Xanthichthys auromarginatus
(Bennett 1832), true reef dwellers. Here is a female and a male off of
Maui, Hawai'i. Indo-west Pacific. To about a foot total length.
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Xanthichthys caeruleolineatus Randall, Matsuura & Zama 1978, the
Blue-Line Triggerfish. Indo-west Pacific. To thirteen inches. Aquarium image by
Anthony C.
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Xanthichthys lineopunctatus (Holland 1854), the Striped Triggerfish.
Indo-west Pacific to Africa's east coast. To a foot in length.
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A more open ocean species, the Redtail or Crosshatch Triggerfish, Xanthichthys mento (Jordan &
Gilbert 1882).
Entire tropical Pacific. To a foot in length. A juvenile and a larger one in captivity and a school off
of Socorro in the Eastern Pacific.
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The Blue Cheekline or Sargassum Xanthichthys ringens (Linnaeus 1758) from the
Atlantic Triggers. These pelagics adapt more poorly to captivity than other trigger
species. Tropical west Atlantic, North Carolina to Brazil. This one in the
Bahamas.
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