‹ Fish Finder· #053
Blackbelly Triggerfish
Rhinecanthus verrucosus
Bislamastrongskin · sanpepafis— names this kind of animal, not this species alone
- Habitat
- Reef
- Max size
- 23 cm
- Depth
- 1-20 m
- Family
- Balistidae
The blackbelly triggerfish is a ray-finned fish in the family Balistidae found in the Indo-Pacific. It occasionally makes its way into the aquarium trade. It is sometimes known as the blackpatch triggerfish.
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Easily confused with
Side by side, with what tells them apart.
Both have a dark streak below the eye and dark marks on a pale body. Blackbelly Triggerfish is plain pale brown above and white below, with one very large black blotch low on the belly, just in front of the anal fin. Lagoon Triggerfish has blue lines across the top of the head and a dark patch mid-flank with pale diagonal stripes behind it.
See the Lagoon Triggerfish →
Both are pale brown above and white below, with a big black area low on the body. Reef Triggerfish's black runs as a band from the eye down to the belly between the pectoral and anal fins, and a black wedge points forward from the tail base. Blackbelly Triggerfish has only a dark streak below the eye and no wedge on the tail: its black is one large patch on the belly, centred above the vent, with a pair of yellowish blotches near the tail.
See the Reef Triggerfish →