Starry Triggerfish

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Starry Triggerfish
Conservation status
Not evaluated
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Actinopterygii Order: Tetraodontiformes Suborder: Tetraodontoidei Family: Balistidae Genus: Abalistes Species: A. stellatus
Binomial name
Abalistes stellatus Bloch & Schneider, 1801

The Starry Triggerfish (Abalistes stellaris), or Flat-tailed Triggerfish, or Chicken Fish, is a tropical, harmless, oviparous bottom dweller, characterized by some white spots along the spinal dark band. The tail is dorsoventral and looks very thin, when looked upon in profile. There is a deep groove in front of the eye. The background colour is grey with olivegreen spots. It is the only species in the genus Abalistes.

Contents 1 Length 2 Habitat 3 Diet 4 Status 5 Economic use 6 External link

[edit] Length

Male adult up to 60 cm

[edit] Habitat

• Indo-West Pacific up to the Red Sea and East Africa.
• mud, silty sand bottoms, coral reefs.

[edit] Diet

Benthic animals such as crustaceans, crabs, mollusks; bony fish.

[edit] Status

Not in the IUCN Red List.

[edit] Economic use

• in aquariums
• food fish (fresh or dried-salted).

[edit] External link

• Fishbase