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Red-toothed Triggerfish

Odonus niger

Also known as: Blue Triggerfish, Niger Trigger, Niger Triggerfish, Odonus Niger Trigger, Redfang Triggerfish, Redtooth Triggerfish, Red-toothed Filefish

LCLeast ConcernIUCN Red List, 2022
LIFE STAGE
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Juvenile
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@fishx6 · Mirihi Island Resort, Maldives · February 20071 / 3

Showing details for the juvenile stage. Switch stages to see how it differs.

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Overview

Juveniles found over isolated patches of rubble, and sheltering in crevices with proper size holes.

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How to identify

COLOURS
Head & Mouth
red tooth
Behaviour
changes colouropen waterschoolingshelters in crevices

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Habitat & where to find it

Where the juvenile stage lives, and where its photos were taken.

  • Range · Indo-Pacific
  • Country only · 3
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Juveniles found over isolated patches of rubble, and sheltering in crevices with proper size holes.

RANGE
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Juvenile photos 3

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    Taxonomy

    1. kingdomAnimalia
    2. phylumChordata
    3. classTeleostei
    4. orderTetraodontiformes
    5. familyBalistidae
    6. genusOdonus
    7. speciesOdonus niger (Rüppell, 1836)

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