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Scythe Triggerfish

Variable: pale to brown body, with two pale slightly curved bars in a V shape behind the eye. Monochrome tail.

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Redtooth Triggerfish

Dark blue body with paler blue head, lunate tails with long lobes. Usually identified by behaviour: feeding in aggregations in mid-water.

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Pinktail Triggerfish

Not to be confused with the Indian or gilded trigger. Dark brown or black body, with white black-margined dorsal and anal fins, and pinkish mother-of-pearl coloured tail.

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Flagtail Triggerfish

Variable: dark or pale brown body, with pale narrow vertical bar from behind the eye. Distinctive feature is the white margined tail.

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Clown Triggerfish

Most conspicuous trigger: white circular patches on black belly, yellow reticulated pattern over black back, small white face mask and orange mouth.

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Hawaiian (or Picasso) Triggerfish

Classic trigger-shape: symmetrical rear dorsal and anal fins – though these are not coloured. Often referred to as the ‘Picasso trigger’ as the markings are a little surreal and look as if painted on. Yellow line from mouth to pectoral fin which looks like a jaw line – but isn’t; has three blue vertical lines […]

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Gilded Triggerfish

Classic trigger-shape: symmetrical rear dorsal and anal fins; slightly lunate caudal fin (crescent moon shaped tail) and a golden margin all around these fins and the tail – giving a gilt-edged appearance.

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Giant or Titan Triggerfish

Classic trigger-shape: symmetrical rear dorsal and anal fins. Recognisable by their size. Greyish body, blue margins, yellow tail with blue trim, a mustache … and an attitude.

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Giant or Titan Triggerfish

Classic trigger-shape: symmetrical rear dorsal and anal fins. Recognisable by their size. Greyish body, blue margins, yellow tail with blue trim, a mustache … and an attitude.

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