Starry Trigger FishAbalistes stellaris
Facts
60.0 cm
Starry Triggerfish, Star Puffer, Starry File Fish, Trigger Fish, Triggerfish
Indo-West Pacific: Red Sea and East Africa to Southeast Asia, north to Japan and south to northern Australia. Eastern Atlantic: St. Helena and south coasts of Africa (Ref. 7348).
Abalistes
source: FishBase
Description
The starry triggerfish (Abalistes stellaris), or flat-tailed triggerfish, or chicken fish, is a tropical, harmless, oviparous bottom dweller, characterized by some white spots along the spinal dark band. The tail is dorsoventral and looks very thin, when looked upon in profile. There is a deep groove in front of the eye. The background colour is grey with olivegreen spots. It is the only species in the genus Abalistes.source: Wikipedia
