3,596 observations
Titan Triggerfish
Balistoides viridescens
Taxonomy
Kingdom: Animalia ›Phylum: Chordata ›Class: Actinopterygii ›Order: Tetraodontiformes ›Family: Balistidae ›Genus: Balistoides
About
The titan triggerfish, giant triggerfish or moustache triggerfish (Balistoides viridescens) is a large species of triggerfish found in lagoons and at reefs to depths of 50Â m (160Â ft) in most of the Indo-Pacific, though it is absent from Hawaii. With a length of up to 75 centimetres (30Â in), it is the largest species of triggerfish in its range (the stone triggerfish, Pseudobalistes naufragium, from the east Pacific is larger).