Open main menu
Home
Random
Recent changes
Special pages
Community portal
Preferences
About Wikipedia
Disclaimers
Incubator escapee wiki
Search
User menu
Talk
Dark mode
Contributions
Create account
Log in
Editing
Titan triggerfish
(section)
Warning:
You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you
log in
or
create an account
, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.
Anti-spam check. Do
not
fill this in!
{{Short description|Species of fish}} {{Speciesbox | name = Titan triggerfish | image = Titan Triggerfish imported from iNaturalist photo 324702096 on 3 November 2024 (edit).jpg | status = LC | status_system = IUCN3.1 | status_ref = <ref name=iucn>{{cite iucn |title=''Balistoides viridescens'' |name-list-style=amp |author=Matsuura, K.|year=2022 |page=e.T193639A2251503 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2022-2.RLTS.T193639A2251503.en|access-date=9 December 2022}}</ref> | taxon = Balistoides viridescens | authority = ([[Marcus Elieser Bloch|Bloch]] & [[Johann Gottlob Schneider|J. G. Schneider]], 1801) }} The '''titan triggerfish''', '''giant triggerfish''' or '''moustache triggerfish''' ('''''Balistoides viridescens''''') is a large [[species]] of [[triggerfish]] found in [[lagoon]]s and at [[coral reef|reefs]] to depths of {{convert|50|m|abbr=on}} in most of the [[Indo-Pacific]], though it is absent from [[Hawaii]]. With a length of up to {{convert|75|cm|in}},<ref name=FishBase>{{FishBase|genus=Balistoides|species=viridescens |year=2010|month=1}}</ref> it is the largest species of triggerfish in its range (the [[stone triggerfish]], ''Pseudobalistes naufragium'', from the east [[Pacific]] is larger).<ref>{{FishBase|genus=Pseudobalistes|species=naufragium|year=2010|month=1}}</ref>
Edit summary
(Briefly describe your changes)
By publishing changes, you agree to the
Terms of Use
, and you irrevocably agree to release your contribution under the
CC BY-SA 4.0 License
and the
GFDL
. You agree that a hyperlink or URL is sufficient attribution under the Creative Commons license.
Cancel
Editing help
(opens in new window)