''Xanthichthys'' is a

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triggerfish Triggerfish are about 40 species of often brightly colored fish of the family Balistidae. Often marked by lines and spots, they inhabit tropical and subtropical oceans throughout the world, with the greatest species richness in the Indo-Pacifi ...

es native to

reef A reef is a ridge or shoal of rock, coral or similar relatively stable material, lying beneath the surface of a natural body of water. Many reefs result from natural, abiotic processes— deposition of sand, wave erosion planing down rock out ...

environments in the western

Atlantic Ocean The Atlantic Ocean is the second-largest of the world's five oceans, with an area of about . It covers approximately 20% of Earth's surface and about 29% of its water surface area. It is known to separate the " Old World" of Africa, Europe ...

Indian Ocean The Indian Ocean is the third-largest of the world's five oceanic divisions, covering or ~19.8% of the water on Earth's surface. It is bounded by Asia to the north, Africa to the west and Australia to the east. To the south it is bounded by th ...

, and

Pacific Ocean The Pacific Ocean is the largest and deepest of Earth's five oceanic divisions. It extends from the Arctic Ocean in the north to the Southern Ocean (or, depending on definition, to Antarctica) in the south, and is bounded by the continen ...

Species

Six recognized species are placed in this genus: * ''

Xanthichthys auromarginatus ''Xanthichthys'' is a genus of triggerfishes native to reef environments in the western Atlantic Ocean, Indian Ocean, and Pacific Ocean. Species Six recognized species are placed in this genus: * '' Xanthichthys auromarginatus'' E. T. Bennett, ...

'' E. T. Bennett, 1832 (gilded triggerfish) * ''

Xanthichthys caeruleolineatus ''Xanthichthys caeruleolineatus'', the outrigger triggerfish is a species of triggerfish from the Indo-West Pacific The Indo-Pacific is a vast biogeographic region of Earth. In a narrow sense, sometimes known as the Indo-West Pacific or I ...

'' J. E. Randall, Matsuura & Zama, 1978 (outrigger triggerfish) * ''

Xanthichthys greenei ''Xanthichthys'' is a genus of triggerfishes native to reef environments in the western Atlantic Ocean, Indian Ocean, and Pacific Ocean. Species Six recognized species are placed in this genus: * ''Xanthichthys auromarginatus'' E. T. Bennett, ...

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& Earle, 2013 (Kiri triggerfish) * ''

Xanthichthys lineopunctatus ''Xanthichthys'' is a genus of triggerfishes native to reef environments in the western Atlantic Ocean, Indian Ocean, and Pacific Ocean. Species Six recognized species are placed in this genus: * '' Xanthichthys auromarginatus'' E. T. Bennett, ...

'' Hollard, 1854 (striped triggerfish) * ''

Xanthichthys mento ''Xanthichthys mento'', the redtail triggerfish, blue-throat triggerfish, or crosshatch triggerfish, is a species of triggerfish from the Pacific. It inhabits outer-reef areas at depths of , and feeds on zooplankton Zooplankton are the animal ...

'' D. S. Jordan & C. H. Gilbert, 1882 (redtail triggerfish) * ''

Xanthichthys ringens ''Xanthichthys ringens'', the Sargassum triggerfish, is a species of triggerfish from the Western Atlantic, ranging from North Carolina North Carolina () is a state in the Southeastern region of the United States. The state is the 28th ...

Linnaeus Carl Linnaeus (; 23 May 1707 – 10 January 1778), also known after his ennoblement in 1761 as Carl von Linné Blunt (2004), p. 171. (), was a Swedish botanist, zoologist, taxonomist, and physician who formalised binomial nomenclature, the ...

, 1758 (sargassum triggerfish)

References

Balistidae Marine fish genera Taxa named by Johann Jakob Kaup {{triggerfish-stub