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Blackpatch Triggerfish

Rhinecanthus verrucosus

Photo by The MnMs
Published on Project Noah
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Field Notes

Description:

Also called Blackbelly Triggerfish. Size to 23 cm. Brownish upperbody, white below, tapering dark bar through eye, large black patch on lower body, 3 rows of black dots on tail base.

Habitat:

Shallow coral reef shoreline Lankayan, Sabah.

Reference Links:

Blackbelly triggerfish

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Comments (2)
The MnMs
Thank you! for going once a year to scuba dive in the best case scenario I still manage :-D
Jim Nelson
Hey Marta...your underwater photography skills are great! Nice job on this spotting.

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