In case you needed another reason to fear the titan trigger, apparently, they can nearly beach themselves for a snack. Keep an eye on your toes next time you’re walking at the beach, as a titan trigger could be lurking…
Triggerfish
Crazy Hybrid Clown Triggerfish Shows Up In Hawaii (Where They Don’t Occur)
Hawaii is known to be home to many a crazy awesome reef fish, but clown triggerfish are not one of them. So you can imagine the surprise of divers in Maui when they came across this wild looking triggerfish which…
Mythical Linespot Triggerfish Appears At ACI Aquaculture
Once upon a time, the goldenback triggerfish was the holy grail of this special group of marine fishes, but that title has been usurped by another, more illustrious species, the linespot triggerfish. Xanthichthys lineopuntatus was once only a ‘book fish’ but…
Unique Triggerfish Forgot it was Supposed to Have a Pink Tail!
For some reason, it seems like the aberrant triggerfish that come to our attention are almost always undulated triggerfish, but today it’s the pink-tail trigger’s turn to break the rules. Coming to us from Son’s Aquarium Fish Trading in the…
Xanthic undulated triggerfish makes annual appearance from Philippines
The xanthic undulated triggerfish is a mystery among aberrant reef fish, but thankfully we don’t usually have to wait too long in between freshly caught specimens. At a rate of roughly one xanthic Balistapus undulatus every twelve months or se,…
Titan Triggers are NOT to be messed with!
Titan triggerfish, Balistoides viridescens, is one helluva fish which patrols shallow reef waters from the Red Sea the Indo-Pacific. A close relative of the clown triggerfish, Titan triggers can grow into quite beautiful fish but there’s a very good reason…
Partly xanthic undulated triggerfish collected by RVS FIshworld
Another xanthic undulated triggerfish has appeared on the marine aquarium scene, and we couldn’t be any more thrilled about it. Once again coming from the RVS Fishworld in the Philippines, this xanthic triggerfish in that it actually supports a very…
Top 5 recent captive raised marine fish stories
There’s been such a flurry of captive bred marine fish stories lately, that it may have been hard to get a handle on how much is going on. Once upon a time, like ten to fifteen years ago, the announcements…
Quality Marine Receives Biota Marine’s Cultured Balistoides conspicillum
“Caribbean Chris” and I are proud to assert that promoting sustainability in the marine aquarium hobby is an important part of our mission. However, every now and again, we’re asked to clarify precisely what we mean by “sustainability” in this…
Biota Marine’s Cultured clown triggerfish already shipping from Quality Marine
There’s been quite a frenzy of captive bred fish in the marine aquarium world lately, but the new cultured clown triggerfish from Biota Marine in Palau are an exciting new group of fish altogether. Frank Baensch has raised crosshatch triggerfish…