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Picassofishes
Rhinecanthus
Rhinecanthus is a triggerfish genus from the Indo-Pacific. They are found at reefs, and all except R. abyssus are restricted to relatively shallow depths. They are among the smallest members of the family, with no species surpassing 30 centimetres (12 in) in length. They are primarily brownish, greyish and white, and have strongly contrasingly patterns in yellow, orange, blue or black. Adults of all have a relatively dark line (in most species intermixed with blue) that extends...
8 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 7 known species
Lagoon Triggerfish
speciesRhinecanthus aculeatus
Wedgetail Triggerfish
speciesRhinecanthus rectangulus
Arabian Picasso Triggerfish
speciesRhinecanthus assasi
Blackpatch Triggerfish
speciesRhinecanthus verrucosus
Halfmoon Triggerfish
speciesRhinecanthus lunula
Mauritian Picasso Triggerfish
speciesRhinecanthus cinereus
Deepwater Triggerfish
speciesRhinecanthus abyssus
Wedgetail × Lagoon Triggerfish
hybridRhinecanthus rectangulus × aculeatus
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 52450.