Photo: Hans Hillewaert · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Description
- 📏 up to 30 cm
- 🌊 coral slopes
The orange-lined triggerfish is olive green, covered with wavy orange lines. It wedges itself into crevices at night, locking itself in by raising a dorsal spine.
Did you know?
Its Tahitian name is ʻoʻiri ʻereʻere (or ʻoʻiri panitoro).
Source: TAXREF vernacular database
Tahitian names: TAXREF (INPN/MNHN) – Society Islands. French name: Baliste strié.
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