triggerfish
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ərˌfɪʃ noun, plural ( especially collectively ) trig·ger·fish ( especially referring to two or more kinds or species ) trig·ger·fish·es.
any of various compressed, deep-bodied fishes of the genus Balistes and allied genera, chiefly inhabiting tropical seas, having an anterior dorsal fin with three stout spines: some are edible while others are poisonous.
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| —n , pl -fish, -fishes | |
| any plectognath fish of the family Balistidae, of tropical and temperate seas. They have a compressed body with erectile spines in the first dorsal fin | |
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The surprise of the week was when one angler caught a double-header of triggerfish.
The wedge-tail triggerfish protects itself with two sharp dorsal spines: a large, thick one and a shorter spine behind it.
In addition, you will be able to spot triggerfish, butterflyfish and needlefish.
However, there has been minimal triggerfish brought in.
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