Editing Reef triggerfish (section)

==Feeding==

The reef triggerfish has a terminal mouth that sits directly at the end of its snout. It has heavy teeth and incisors, and most of its food content is algae that is scraped off surfaces. It also feeds on crustaceans such as isopods from the sandy ocean floors. When foraging for food it remains close to its home or forages in shallow reefs away from living coral. This fish is considered a facultative omnivore because while it eats plants and animals it can sustain itself on a diet of either or.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Hiatt |first1=R. W. |last2=Strasburg |first2=D. W. |date=1960 |title=Ecological Relationships of the Fish Fauna on Coral Reefs of the Marshall Islands |journal=Ecological Monographs |volume=30 |issue=1 |pages=65–127 |doi=10.2307/1942181|jstor=1942181 |bibcode=1960EcoM...30...65H }}</ref>