Size: 6 to 16 in.
ID: Black, pale blue lines along base of dorsal
and anal fins
Class: Actinopterygii / Ray-finned fishes
Order: Tetraodontiformes / Boxfishes
Family: Balistidae / Triggerfishes or Leatherjackets
Genus Species: Melichthys niger / Black
Durgon
Habitat: over reefs
Typical food: omnivorous but ingests more plant material
(grazes on benthic algae)
than planktonic animals (pteropods, crab larvae, siphonophores, salps)
Other information: shy and if frightened they wedge into
a crevice or hole for safety and use
their "trigger" (stout head spine and second smaller spine which moves
forward and locks the
first one vertically to the rock)
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