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Updated 9/30/2021

Family Balistidae

SUBTROPICAL PACIFIC / HAWAII

Xanthichthys caeruleolineatus  



Oahu


South Kona, Hawaii

 

West Oahu

 


Oahu

BLUELINED TRIGGERFISH     Aosugimongara

Rare along dropoffs from 150 to 600 feet.  Adult color does not vary by sex, juveniles are gray with with lateral rows of white flecks.  Feeds upon zooplankton.  Attains 16.5 inches.  Maldives to Southern Japan, Hawaii, Polynesia, Cocos Island, & the Galapagos.