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Queen triggerfish (Balistes vetula)
The deep-bodied queen triggerfish has suitably regal colouring; it is a flamboyant, and variable, mixture of blue, green and yellow, which... More 6 Images 1 Video ...
Triggerfish have powerful jaws and teeth that allow them to easily crush hard-shelled prey like crustaceans, mollusks, coral, and sea urchins. They also eat algae and small fish. The Queen triggerfish will blow mouthfuls of water at sea urchins to ...
Balistes capriscus: Grey triggerfish
Balistes ellioti
Balistes polylepis : finescale triggerfish
Balistes punctatus : Bluespotted triggerfish
Balistes rotundatus
Balistes vetula : Queen triggerfish
Balistes willughbeii ...
Cowfish, Pacific Sardine, Pacific Seahorse, Panther Grouper, Percula Clownfish, Picasso Triggerfish, Pinecone Fish, Pink Skunk Anenome Fish, Plainfin Midshipman, Porcupine Pufferfish, Porkfish, Powderblue Tang, Queensland Grouper, Queen Triggerfish, ...
The common triggerfish is variably colored in mottled browns, yellows, or grays, and the queen triggerfish is strikingly colored in blue, green, and yellow. The ocean triggerfish is up to 2 ft (60 cm) long and weighs 3 to 5 lb (1.4-2.3 kg).
 See also: Triggerfish, Coral, Wrasse, Shell, Grouper
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