These dark-colored triggerfishes are found in all the world's oceans in tropical and subtropical areas. They are absent in the Mediterranean. Unlike most triggerfish they are epipelagic.
They usually live far away from the coast in the microhabitat created by floating objects like trees, or branches, but also plastic wreck remains, ropes and other large flotsam and jetsam items.
There is still little research on the feeding and reproduction habits of these fish. They are rarely part of the catch unless the marine debris around which they live reaches some coastal area.[2]
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^Matsuura, Keiichi (2014). "Taxonomy and systematics of tetraodontiform fishes: a review focusing primarily on progress in the period from 1980 to 2014". Ichthyological Research. 62 (1): 72–113. doi:10.1007/s10228-014-0444-5. S2CID 254172132.
^Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2015). "Canthidermis maculata" in FishBase. February 2015 version.
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canthidermis, genus, triggerfishes, commonly, known, ocean, triggerfishes, maculata, scientific, classification, domain, eukaryota, kingdom, animalia, phylum, chordata, class, actinopterygii, order, tetraodontiformes, family, balistidae, genus, swainson, 1839s. Canthidermis is a genus of triggerfishes commonly known as ocean triggerfishes Canthidermis Canthidermis maculata Scientific classification Domain Eukaryota Kingdom Animalia Phylum Chordata Class Actinopterygii Order Tetraodontiformes Family Balistidae Genus CanthidermisSwainson 1839Species editThere are currently 3 recognized species in this genus 1 Canthidermis macrolepis Boulenger 1888 Large scale triggerfish Canthidermis maculata Bloch 1786 Spotted oceanic triggerfish Canthidermis sufflamen Mitchill 1815 Ocean Triggerfish Description edit nbsp Canthidermis sufflamen ocean triggerfish These dark colored triggerfishes are found in all the world s oceans in tropical and subtropical areas They are absent in the Mediterranean Unlike most triggerfish they are epipelagic They usually live far away from the coast in the microhabitat created by floating objects like trees or branches but also plastic wreck remains ropes and other large flotsam and jetsam items There is still little research on the feeding and reproduction habits of these fish They are rarely part of the catch unless the marine debris around which they live reaches some coastal area 2 References edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Canthidermis Matsuura Keiichi 2014 Taxonomy and systematics of tetraodontiform fishes a review focusing primarily on progress in the period from 1980 to 2014 Ichthyological Research 62 1 72 113 doi 10 1007 s10228 014 0444 5 S2CID 254172132 Froese Rainer Pauly Daniel eds 2015 Canthidermis maculata in FishBase February 2015 version nbsp This triggerfish article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Canthidermis amp oldid 1180626466, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
