''Xanthichthys'' is a

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triggerfish Triggerfish are about 40 species of often brightly colored fish of the family Balistidae. Often marked by lines and spots, they inhabit tropical and subtropical oceans throughout the world, with the greatest species richness in the Indo-Pacific ...

es native to

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environments in the western

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Indian Ocean The Indian Ocean is the third-largest of the world's five oceanic divisions, covering or ~19.8% of the water on Earth's surface. It is bounded by Asia to the north, Africa to the west and Australia to the east. To the south it is bounded by ...

, and

Pacific Ocean The Pacific Ocean is the largest and deepest of Earth's five oceanic divisions. It extends from the Arctic Ocean in the north to the Southern Ocean (or, depending on definition, to Antarctica) in the south, and is bounded by the contine ...

Species

Six recognized species are placed in this genus: * '' Xanthichthys auromarginatus'' E. T. Bennett, 1832 (gilded triggerfish) * '' Xanthichthys caeruleolineatus'' J. E. Randall, Matsuura & Zama, 1978 (outrigger triggerfish) * '' Xanthichthys greenei''

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, 2013 (Kiri triggerfish) * '' Xanthichthys lineopunctatus''

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, 1854 (striped triggerfish) * '' Xanthichthys mento'' D. S. Jordan & C. H. Gilbert, 1882 (redtail triggerfish) * '' Xanthichthys ringens''

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, 1758 (sargassum triggerfish)

References

Balistidae Marine fish genera Taxa named by Johann Jakob Kaup {{triggerfish-stub