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> Triggerfishes > Xanthichthys mento
Updated 12/18/2015
Family Balistidae
SUBTROPICAL
PACIFIC / HAWAII
Xanthichthys mento
Female, Pearl & Hermes Reef, 50 feet
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Female, Angel Ledge, Midway Atoll, 90 feet
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Male, Fish Hole, Midway Atoll, 60 feet
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Male, Angel Ledge, Midway Atoll, 80 feet
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Juvenile, Angel Ledge, Midway Atoll, 80 feet |
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Juvenile, Oahu, 120 feet |
Male, Oahu, 120 feet
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CROSSHATCH TRIGGERFISH
Name-mongara
In the Main Hawaiian Islands this species occurs deeper than 100 feet
along current-swept ledges while common in as little as 25 feet around
Midway Atoll. Feeds upon zooplankton just above
the reef. Soft dorsal & anal fins with red margins in
females, yellow in males, caudal fin yellow in females and red in males.
Attains 12 inches. Subtropical Pacific island groups
with water temperature in the mid-60's from the Izu Islands west to Hawai'i, Baja
California, south to the Galapagos, Easter Island and Pitcairn Island. |
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