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Titan triggerfish
Balistoides viridescens
The one fish on this reef that will genuinely come at you.
- How often
- Common
- Group
- Fish
Up to seventy-five centimetres, heavy-bodied, with teeth that crack coral and sea urchins. For most of the year it is simply a large fish going about its business, and it is worth watching because it turns over rubble and other species follow it to feed on what it uncovers.
Nesting is different. A guarding female defends a cone-shaped territory that widens upward, so swimming up to escape takes you further into it. The way out is sideways, horizontally, watching the fish.
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Tell us the species and the date · the captain plans the boat around the conditions.