| Triggerfishes | ||||||||||
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| Balistapus Balistes Balistoides Canthidermis Melichthys Odonus Pseudobalistes Rhinecanthus Sufflamen Xanthichthys |
Balistidae - The Triggerfishes
Brightly coloured fishes of the family Balistidae of warm coastal waters. Have a roundish body with an anterior dorsal fin that can lock and unlock. It is due to this behaviour that they are named 'Triggerfish'.