Pinktail triggerfish | |
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Pinktail triggerfish with a yellow tang | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Tetraodontiformes |
Family: | Balistidae |
Genus: | Melichthys |
Species: | M. vidua |
Binomial name | |
Melichthys vidua (Richardson, 1845) |
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Synonyms | |
Balistes nycteris |
The pinktail triggerfish, Melichthys vidua, is a species of triggerfish from reefs in the Indo-Pacific. It is very dark green (often appears almost black) with translucent whitish-pink dorsal and tail fins. They can grow up to 40 centimetres (16 in).