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Balistoides viridescens
Up to 75 cm, titan triggerfishes have a dark body with yellow-green to blue crosshatches; a yellow and green snout and cheek, a whitish rear body and tail base.Also a dark moustache-like band above mouth. They are solitary and if is a female nesting, better be careful: they can attack and inflict serious bites!
Red Sea and E. Africa to French Polynesia. Lagoons and outer reefs (3-50 m.).
This one I saw in Apo Island coral reef. It seemed to be hanging at a cleaner station. I have previous spottings of this sp. in the Red Sea: http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/627... More info in:http://www.amazon.com/Reef-Fish-Identification-Tropical-Pacific/dp/1878348361
Spotted on Oct 2, 2012
Submitted on Nov 11, 2012
2 Comments
Noooo..I tried to stay away from him just in case it was a she caring the surroundings of her nest :-)
Great spotting do you get beating ? :)