Family | Scientific Name | Author | Year | Common Name |
Balistidae | Xanthichthys ringens | (Linnaeus) | 1758 | Sargassum Triggerfish |
Xanthichthys ringens
Unique Characters: Body color variable with three dark grooved lines on cheek. Caudal fin with orange-red crescent at rear and orange on upper and lower edges. Scales above pectoral-fin base and just behind gill slit not enlarged and not especially well separated, not forming a flexible tympanum. .Mouth slightly but distinctly supraterminal.
Similar Species: None
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