Related FAQs: Odonus Triggers, Odonus
2, & FAQs on: Odonus
Identification,
Odonus Behavior,
Odonus Compatibility,
Odonus Selection,
Odonus Systems,
Odonus Feeding,
Odonus Disease,
Odonus Reproduction, & Triggerfishes
in General, Triggerfish: Identification,
Selection, Selection 2,
Compatibility,
Behavior, Systems,
Feeding,
Diseases,
Triggerfish Health
2, Reproduction,
Related Articles: Triggerfishes (Family Balistidae), Red Sea Triggerfishes, Triggers of the Cook
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Triggerfishes of the Genus
Odonus
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Odonus niger in the Maldives, many
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The genus Odonus: monotypic (one species).
The Red-Toothed or Niger Trigger, Odonus niger (Ruppell
1836), gets its first name from the color around the mouth that
develops as the fish attains maximum size (to 18 inches).
Indo-Pacific, Red Sea. This is generally a medium
aggressive species, safe for rough and tumble fish-only systems.
Below: an aquarium specimen, one in Moorea, French Polynesia,
another in the Red Sea. Way below in N. Sulawesi.
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