What Trigger is it?! #2

aquaknight

aquaknight

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To be honest, it really looks a lot more like Yellowmargin trigger, Pseudobalistes flavimarginatus then a Stone. IIRC Stone's get rather pale with size, and their heads become very blunt. Yellowmargins max out at 60cm, and I'm calculating the one in the above pic to be about 20"? There's also the namesake with the yellow margin on the edge of the fins...

Here are a couple pics I found. First pic a Stone Trigger, second is a Yellowmargin.

 
kjr_trig

kjr_trig

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That is a strange pictur you have of the Stone Trigger, there are not many out there, this is the best I could find but it looks nothing like yours (which I also see on google)...Yellowmargins do change a lot from juvi to adult.
 
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usirchchris

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Originally Posted by kjr_trig
http:///forum/post/2650003
Stone Triggerfish....Pseudobalistes naufragium, largest Trigger there is.
Is the Stone the same as a Titan? or are they two different species. I have not been able to find anything on stone.
 
kjr_trig

kjr_trig

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Originally Posted by usirchchris
http:///forum/post/2650776
Is the Stone the same as a Titan? or are they two different species. I have not been able to find anything on stone.
It is in the same genus with Blueline and Yellowmargin. Surprisingly the Titan is a different genus in spite of looking so similar to the Yellowmargin and often being confused with it...I have a feeling AK is right and that is a Yellowmargin (I would guess a very old one).....Just Google Pseudobalistes naufragium...or better yet, this shows all most every Trigger there is.
http://images.google.com/imgres?imgu...WE:en%26sa%3DN
 
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