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caeruleolineatus
Updated 9/30/2021
Family Balistidae
SUBTROPICAL
PACIFIC / HAWAII
Xanthichthys
caeruleolineatus
BLUELINED TRIGGERFISH
Aosugimongara
Rare along dropoffs from 150 to 600 feet. Adult color does not
vary by sex, juveniles are gray with with lateral rows of white flecks. Feeds upon zooplankton.
Attains
16.5 inches. Maldives to Southern Japan, Hawaii, Polynesia, Cocos
Island, & the Galapagos. |
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