#wedgetail triggerfish

[i-give-you-a-fish]

Im taking my sister fishing for the first time may we have a fish for good luck?

You get a Reef Triggerfish

Rhinecanthus rectangulus

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Daily fish fact #850

Wedgetail triggerfish!

Its eyes can move independently of each other! Like other triggerfish, it hunts by blowing jets of water from its mouth at the seafloor, aiming to uncover hiding invertebrate prey.

[zooxanthellae]

foaming at the mouth because i’m back to my obsession with reef triggerfish but there is literally no content to absorb at all. no tumblr posts, no good youtube videos, no documentaries, no NOTHING. please please please i will take even a crumb

[namu-the-orca]

Haole Ohana

Painted for a friend’s birthday on Deviantart. Absolutely loved working on this, from start to finish.

[i-give-you-a-fish]

if requests are open may I have a fish…

You get a Wedgetail Triggerfish

Rhinecanthus rectangulus

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🐟 Fishuary 2024 Day Five: Triggerfish 🐟

Humuhumunukunukuāpuaʻa, reef triggerfish, wedgetail triggerfish, rectangular triggerfish, the species Rhinecanthus rectangulus goes by many names! At first I didn't think I'd do this fish (since it is a bit unfair to only be known for your name), but looking through pictures of triggerfishes, one caught my eye... "Ah, the wedgetail triggerfish? What pretty colours and patterns! I could draw that one! What's its scientific name?" and humuhumu it was!

@fish-daily

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Wedgetail Triggerfish - Rhinecanthus rectangulus

The Wedgetail Triggerfish, Rhinecanthus rectangulus (Tetraodontiformes - Balistidae) is a strikingly patterned reef fish found in the tropical and subtropical Indo-West Pacific.

Wedgetail Triggerfish are easily approached underwater, but once alarmed the fish typically swims into a small crevice and lodge itself there by erecting its dorsal and pelvic spines (even if the tail remains exposed, the sharp caudal spikes offer some protection). If persistently harrassed, the triggerfish will repeat a series of short grunts.

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Photo credit: ©Russell Gilbert | Locality: Hawaii (2013)