Blackbar TriggerfishRhinecanthus aculeatus

Facts

30.0 cm

Lagoon Humu, Lagoon Triggerfish, Painted Trigger, Picasso, Picasso Triggerfish, Picassofish, Prickly Triggerfish, Whitebanded Triggerfish, White-banded Triggerfish, Whitebarred Triggerfish, White-barred Triggerfish

Indo-Pacific: Red Sea (Ref. 7348) south to South Africa (Ref. 4420) and east to the Hawaiian, Marquesan, and Tuamoto islands, north to southern Japan, south to Lord Howe Island. Eastern Atlantic: Senegal to South Africa (Ref. 7348).

saltwater

Rhinecanthus

Balistidae

Tetraodontiformes

Actinopterygii

Chordata

Animalia

source: FishBase

Description

The Lagoon triggerfish, (Rhinecanthus aculeatus) also known as the blackbar triggerfish, the Picassofish, and the Jamal, is a triggerfish, up to 30 cm in length, found on reefs in the Indo-Pacific region.

The Hawaiian name for the fish, humu­humu­nuku­nuku­āpua‘a (ˈhumuˈhumuˈnukuˈnukuˈaːpuˈaʔa), also spelled humuhumu-nukunuku-a-pua‘a or just humuhumu for short (meaning "triggerfish with a snout like a pig") shares the same name with the Reef triggerfish, the state fish of Hawaii.
source: Wikipedia

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