Triggerfishes - Family: Balistidae
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Starry Triggerfish - Abalistes stellatus
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Clown Triggerfish - Balistoides conspicillum
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Titan Triggerfish - Balistoides viridescens
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White-spotted Triggerfish - Canthidermis maculata
Yellow-margin Triggerfish - Pseudobalistes flavimarginatus
Yellow-spotted Triggerfish - Pseudobalistes fuscus
Lagoon Triggerfish - Rhinecanthus aculeatus (possible occurrence)
Wedge-tail Triggerfish - Rhinecanthus rectangulus
Black-patch Triggerfish - Rhinecanthus verrucosus (possible occurrence)
Lei Triggerfish - Sufflamen bursa
Flagtail Triggerfish - Sufflamen chrysopterus
Bridled Triggerfish - Sufflamen fraenatum
Taxonomy:
Phylum: Chordata (Chordates)
> Subphylum: Vertebrata (Vertebrates)
> Class: Actinopterygii (Ray-finned Fishes)
> Superorder: Acanthomorpha (Spiny-rayed Fishes
> Order: Tetraodontiformes (Puffers and Filefishes)
> Suborder: Balistoidei (Triggerfishes, Boxfishes and Filefishes)
> Family: Balistidae (Triggerfishes)
> Genus: Abalistes (Starry Triggerfishes)
> Species: A. stellatus - Starry Triggerfish
> Genus: Balistoides
> Species: B. conspicillum - Clown Triggerfish
> Species: B. viridescens - Titan Triggerfish
> Genus: Canthidermis (Oceanic Triggerfishes)
> Species: C. maculata - White-spotted Triggerfish
> Genus: Pseudobalistes
> Species: P. flavimarginatus - Yellow-margin Triggerfish
> Species: P. fuscus- Yellow-spotted Triggerfish
> Genus: Rhinecanthus (Picassofishes)
> Species: R. aculeatus - Lagoon Triggerfish ^
> Species: R. rectangulus - Wedge-tail Triggerfish
> Species: R. verrucosus - Black-patch Triggerfish ^
> Genus: Sufflamen
> Species: S. bursa - Lei Triggerfish
> Species: S. chrysopterus - FlagtailTriggerfish
> Species: S. fraenatum- BridledTriggerfish
^ = possibly
* = likely
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