Xanthichthys Explained

Xanthichthys is a genus of triggerfishes native to reef environments in the western Atlantic Ocean, Indian Ocean, and Pacific Ocean.

Species

Six recognized species are placed in this genus:^[1]

Image	Scientific name	Common Name	Distribution
	Xanthichthys auromarginatus E. T. Bennett, 1832	gilded triggerfish	Indo-Pacific.
	Xanthichthys caeruleolineatus J. E. Randall, Matsuura & Zama, 1978	outrigger triggerfish	Indo-West Pacific.
	Xanthichthys greenei Pyle & Earle, 2013^[2]	Kiri triggerfish	Pacific Ocean
	Xanthichthys lineopunctatus Hollard, 1854	striped triggerfish	South Africa eastward through northern Australia to New Guinea, north to southern Japan.
	Xanthichthys mento D. S. Jordan & C. H. Gilbert, 1882	redtail triggerfish	Pacific.
	Xanthichthys ringens Linnaeus, 1758	sargassum triggerfish	e Western Atlantic, ranging from North Carolina (USA) to Brazil.

Notes and References

1. 10.1007/s10228-014-0444-5. Taxonomy and systematics of tetraodontiform fishes: A review focusing primarily on progress in the period from 1980 to 2014. 2015. Matsuura. Keiichi. Ichthyological Research. 62. 72–113. 15223867. free.
2. 10.3897/BDJ.1.e994. Xanthichthys greenei, a new species of triggerfish (Balistidae) from the Line Islands. 2013. Pyle. Richard. Earle. John. Biodiversity Data Journal. 1. 1. e994. 24723781. 3964694 . free .