Photo: Uxbona · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Description
- 📏 up to 60 cm
- 🌊 lagoons, slopes
The yellowmargin triggerfish is olive-brown, with yellow edges to its fins. It turns over stones and corals to find sea urchins and crabs. A well-armed fish, it can become aggressive around its nest.
Did you know?
In Tahitian it is called ʻoʻiri mahe'o or ʻoʻiri utaro.
Source: TAXREF vernacular database
Tahitian names: TAXREF (INPN/MNHN) – Society Islands. French name: Baliste olivâtre.
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