Titan triggerfish (Balistoides viridescens)

Scientific name: Balistoides viridescens Bloch & Schneider, 1801

Titan triggerfish (Balistoides viridescens)

The Titan triggerfish (Balistoides viridescens) is a marine fish of the family Balistidae. Native range: Indo-Pacific, Red Sea south to Delagoa Bay, Mozambique and east to the Line and Tuamoto islands, north to southern Japan, south to New Caledonia.

Biology

Dorsal spines (total): 3; Dorsal soft rays (total): 24-26; Anal spines: 0; Anal soft rays: 22 - 24. Fish has a deep grove before eye; scaleless area around lips, continuing and narrowing posterior to corner of mouth; small forward-curving spines in about five rows on side of and a short distance anterior to caudal peduncle. Caudal peduncle compressed.

Source: FishBase, licensed CC BY-NC 4.0.

Species facts

Scientific name
Balistoides viridescens
Family
Balistidae (Triggerfishes)
Order
Tetraodontiformes (Puffers and Filefishes)
Class
Actinopterygii (Ray-finned fishes)
Maximum length
75.0
Depth range
1–50 m (3–164 ft)
Environment
Marine; reef-associated; depth range 1 - 50 m
Climate
Tropical
Distribution
Indo-Pacific: Red Sea south to Delagoa Bay, Mozambique and east to the Line and Tuamoto islands, north to southern Japan, south to New Caledonia.
Conservation status (IUCN)
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Reports of ciguatera poisoning
Uses
Fisheries: commercial
Resilience
Low, minimum population doubling time 4.5 - 14 years (Preliminary K or Fecundity.)

Sources

Taxonomy, distribution and biology data: FishBase (Froese, R. and D. Pauly, eds.), licensed CC BY-NC 4.0.

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