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Balistidae
Starry triggerfish
Abalistes stellatus
Star shaped spots across tropical offshore reefs
- Tropical
- Transcontinental
- Marine fish
- Pacific Ocean
- Africa
- East Asia
- Oceania
- Deep-bodied
- Large
- Tropical fish
Tropical
Marine fish
Africa
Deep-bodied
LargeStarry triggerfish is a marine fish of tropical offshore reefs. Star-like spots scatter across its body and are echoed in its scientific name.
- Class
- Teleosts
- Family
- Balistidae
- Genus
- Abalistes
- Maximum length
- 60 cm
- Water
- Marine
- Body shape
- deep_bodied
- Distribution
- Indo-West Pacific: Red Sea, East Africa eastward through northern Australia to Fiji, northward to southern Japan.
- Conservation status
- LCLeast Concern
Class
Family
Conservation status
