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Balistidae
Indian triggerfish
Melichthys indicus
White stripes at fin bases
- Tropical
- Regional distribution
- Marine fish
- Indian Ocean
- Africa
- Southeast Asia
- Deep-bodied
- Medium
- Tropical fish
Tropical
Regional distribution
Marine fish
Deep-bodied
MediumIndian triggerfish is a marine fish found around Indian Ocean. It inhabits reef habitat. Records give a maximum length of 25 cm.
- Class
- Teleosts
- Family
- Balistidae
- Genus
- Melichthys
- Maximum length
- 25 cm
- Water
- Marine
- Body shape
- deep_bodied
- Distribution
- Indian Ocean: Red Sea and East Africa eastward to western Thailand and Indonesia.
- Conservation status
- LCLeast Concern
Class
Family
Conservation status
