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Triggerfish

Triggerfishes
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Actinopterygii
Order:Tetraodontiformes
Family:Balistidae
Genera
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'.