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Pinktail Triggerfish

Melichthys vidua

Seabook: Pinktail Triggerfish

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Max Weight

Max Depth

60 m

Description

Melichthys vidua is a species of triggerfish from reefs in the Indo-Pacific. Description Body is an elongate oval, robust, compressed; cheeks without longitudinal grooves; distinct groove before eye and below nostril; mouth small, opens a little above center line, with powerful jaws and 8 heavy, outer teeth on the... Read more in Seabook

Locations

Colors

white
black
brown
yellow
orange
green
blue
pink

Habitat and Environment

Coral reef

Conservation status

(LC) Least concern

Poisonous

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Social Behaviour

Solitary

Danger to human

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Venomous

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