Black triggerfish
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Black triggerfish ( Melichthys niger ) |
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| ( Bloch , 1786) |
The black triggerfish ( Melichthys niger ) is a species of the triggerfish family (Balistidae). When fully grown, it can reach a length of up to forty centimeters. The body color is black, at the base of the dorsal and anal fin there is a light blue thin stripe. The forehead is colored a little lighter and shows a blue line pattern.
The black triggerfish lives circumtropically in all tropical seas from shallow water to a depth of 35 meters. It usually lives near reefs and eats algae, foraminifera , mollusks , crustaceans , worms, echinoderms , fish and their spawn.
literature
- Robert A. Patzner, Horst Moosleitner: Non-Perciformes (non-perch-like) as well as butterfly and angelfish. Mergus, Melle 1999, ISBN 3-88244-116-X ( Mergus Sea Water Atlas. Volume 6).
Web links
Commons : Melichthys niger - collection of pictures, videos and audio files
- Black triggerfish on Fishbase.org (English)