hawaiian black trigger
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aquaknight
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You are positive he's a Hawaiian Black, and not a Black Durgeon?
dazed2040
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What leads me to believe it to be a Hawaiian is it has that white tip on its tail and the shape of the tail is the same.
It looks just like this and was kinda shy and from what I was reading the Hawaiian can be a bit shy sometimes
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this is the Black Durgeon if i am correct
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It looks just like this and was kinda shy and from what I was reading the Hawaiian can be a bit shy sometimes
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this is the Black Durgeon if i am correct
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dazed2040
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I am going to take back my copper banded that I bought today and get the trigger. we lost our huma about a month ago and that was my girls favorite fish
he jumped to his doom
She wanted something new but not a huma so I got the copper banded
I called her and she said I should have got the black trigger
Well I will be picking him up tomorrow..will post pics so we can have a debate on what he is and how much I should have payed or not have payed. we all know how it goes, the girl want so she gets...and she in NY on vacation without me
aquaknight
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Other way around. The fish in the first photo is Melichthys indicus, Black Durgeon, aka Indian Trigger (I prefer this name). The second fish you posted is Melichthys niger the Hawaiian Black. SWF does indeed have it wrong.
You were right though, the difference is in the shape of the tail. Niger has the crescent shape, while the indicus has the more simple tail fin. However Indicus is probably the better buy. Hawaiians are quite rare to get small, and grow to a very large size. Indian's are more commonly available and stay more manageably sized. They both are quite active fish and hope you have a larger tank. Personally, I wouldn't stick one in my 125gal.
You were right though, the difference is in the shape of the tail. Niger has the crescent shape, while the indicus has the more simple tail fin. However Indicus is probably the better buy. Hawaiians are quite rare to get small, and grow to a very large size. Indian's are more commonly available and stay more manageably sized. They both are quite active fish and hope you have a larger tank. Personally, I wouldn't stick one in my 125gal.
bioneck47
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Originally Posted by AquaKnight
http:///forum/post/2906573
Other way around. The fish in the first photo is Melichthys indicus, Black Durgeon, aka Indian Trigger (I prefer this name). The second fish you posted is Melichthys niger the Hawaiian Black. SWF does indeed have it wrong.
You were right though, the difference is in the shape of the tail. Niger has the crescent shape, while the indicus has the more simple tail fin. However Niger is probably the better buy. Hawaiians are quite rare to get small, and grow to a very large size. Indian's are more commonly available and stay more manageably sized. They both are quite active fish and hope you have a larger tank. Personally, I wouldn't stick one in my 125gal.
+1 on everything aquaknight has mentioned. My avatar is the hawaiian and I have the indian trigger. I actually prefer the look of the IO variety over the hawaiian. The mature indian triggers have beatiful bright blue stripes on their jaw and forehead. I've seen these triggers scuba diving and take it from me, they can get very big. I wouldn't recommend anything less than a 180gal long term. Also, $60 is a pretty good price for that size.
http:///forum/post/2906573
Other way around. The fish in the first photo is Melichthys indicus, Black Durgeon, aka Indian Trigger (I prefer this name). The second fish you posted is Melichthys niger the Hawaiian Black. SWF does indeed have it wrong.
You were right though, the difference is in the shape of the tail. Niger has the crescent shape, while the indicus has the more simple tail fin. However Niger is probably the better buy. Hawaiians are quite rare to get small, and grow to a very large size. Indian's are more commonly available and stay more manageably sized. They both are quite active fish and hope you have a larger tank. Personally, I wouldn't stick one in my 125gal.
+1 on everything aquaknight has mentioned. My avatar is the hawaiian and I have the indian trigger. I actually prefer the look of the IO variety over the hawaiian. The mature indian triggers have beatiful bright blue stripes on their jaw and forehead. I've seen these triggers scuba diving and take it from me, they can get very big. I wouldn't recommend anything less than a 180gal long term. Also, $60 is a pretty good price for that size.