Ocean Triggerfish

This is an Ocean Triggerfish. Photo by Rod taken at South Carysfort, Key Largo, FL 22 Feb 2009.

Canthidermis sufflamen

Features: Uniformly Gray. 1. Black blotch at base of Pectoral fin. (Similar Gray Triggerfish, Balistes capriscus lacks this blotch)

Size: 10-18 inches; max 24 inches;
Depth: 35-100 feet;
Audubon Field Guide; page 672; plate 395;
Reef Fish ID 3rd ed; page 396-397; plates 397;

Rod Bigelow
Box 13 Chazy Lake
Dannemora, N.Y. 12929

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