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Gilded triggerfish

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Gilded Triggerfish
Male gilded triggerfish
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Tetraodontiformes
Family: Balistidae
Genus: Xanthichthys
Species:
X. auromarginatus
Binomial name
Xanthichthys auromarginatus

The gilded triggerfish or blue-throated triggerfish, Xanthichthys auromarginatus, is a spotted gray triggerfish. Males of the species have blue cheeks and yellow-bordered, white fins. It is widely, but locally, distributed at islands in the Indo-Pacific.

In the aquarium

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Unlike most triggerfish, it is rarely aggressive towards other fish.[citation needed] This fish usually does not attack any sessile invertebrates, but may eat ornamental shrimp.[citation needed]

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