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Balistoides viridescens (bluefin filefish; Triggerfish; Titan triggerfish; Mustache triggerfish; Moustache triggerfish; Dotty triggerfish; Blue-finned triggerfish; Bluefin triggerfish; Blue finned triggerfish)

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Wikipedia Abstract

The titan triggerfish, giant triggerfish or moustache triggerfish (Balistoides viridescens) is a large species of triggerfish found in lagoons and at reefs to depths of 50 m (160 ft) in most of the Indo-Pacific, though it is absent from Hawaii. With a length of up to 75 centimetres (30 in), it is the largest species of triggerfish in its range (the stone triggerfish, Pseudobalistes naufragium, from the east Pacific is larger).
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Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Pulu Keeling National Park II 6469 Cocos (Keeling) Islands    

Ecosystems

Prey / Diet

Acanthaster planci (crown-of-thorns starfish)[1]
Echinothrix diadema (Spiny urchin)[2]
Panulirus homarus (scalloped spiny lobster)[2]

Prey / Diet Overlap

Competing SpeciesCommon Prey Count
Aethaloperca rogaa (Rockcod)1
Aluterus scriptus (unicornfish)1
Cheilinus undulatus (Blue-tooth groper)1

Predators

Carcharhinus melanopterus (Shark)[2]

Consumers

Parasitized by 
Sphincteristomum acollum[3]

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics.
♦ 2Clownfish and their Host Anemones ;; NOAA's Coral Reef Conservation Program
♦ 3Gibson, D. I., Bray, R. A., & Harris, E. A. (Compilers) (2005). Host-Parasite Database of the Natural History Museum, London
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0