Reef Triggerfish Gallery

Titan triggerfish (Balistoides viridescens)

Titan triggerfish (Balistoides viridescens) mid-water, showing the strong teeth that can inflict serious injury on a diver entering the nest territory. The teeth are strong enough for biting off branches of hard coral. Tikehau, Palliser Islands, Tuamotu Islands, French Polynesia

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Reef scene with snorkeler, Hawaii

Slate pencil sea urchins (Heterocentrotus mammillatus) colour the foreground of this Hawaiian reef scene with a young woman free diving with black triggerfish (Melichthys niger), Molokini Marine Preserve off the island of Maui; Maui, Hawaii, United States of America

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Beach ball sea cucumber highly prized as an aquarium specimen for its small size and bright colours (one of few sea cucumbers to be so regarded). Aquarium shot

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Beach ball sea cucumber highly prized as an aquarium specimen for its small size and bright colours (one of few sea cucumbers to be so regarded). Aquarium shot.
Great Barrier Reef Marine Park, Queensland, Australia
Pseudocolochirus violaceus
Dr David Wachenfeld / Auscape / ardea
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© 2003 David Wachenfeld, Triggerfish Images Dr David Wachenfeld/Auscape/ardea.com