Gilded triggerfish

Xanthichthys auromarginatus

Fish
IUCN: Least concern

Usual depth12–27 m
Water temperature22–29 °C
Best monthsMarch, June, and August
How commonOccasional

About this species

The gilded triggerfish or blue-throated triggerfish is a species of marine ray-finned fish in the triggerfish family Balistidae. It is found in the Indo-Pacific region.

Text from the Wikipedia article “Gilded triggerfish”, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Read the article

Where and when

Where it has been recorded

Worldwide

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Best months

Worldwide (open data)

January: 12 records
February: 15 records
March: 51 records
April: 36 records
May: 28 records
June: 52 records
July: 29 records
August: 75 records
September: 24 records
October: 35 records
November: 7 records
December: 1 records

Depth and water temperature

Depth

Mostly recorded at 12–27 m · Deepest record: 123 m

0–10 m: 5 records
10–20 m: 137 records
20–30 m: 191 records
30–40 m: 5 records
40–50 m: 3 records
50–60 m: 5 records
60–70 m: 8 records
70–80 m: 2 records
80–90 m: 1 records
90–100 m: 1 records
100–110 m: 1 records
110+ m: 1 records

Water temperature

Recorded in surface water of 22–29 °C

20–22 °C: 1 records
22–24 °C: 3 records
24–26 °C: 178 records
26–28 °C: 42 records
28–30 °C: 101 records

Names and classification

English: Gilded triggerfish, Bluechin guilded triggerfish, Bluechin triggerfish, Blue Jaw Triggerfish, Gilded trigger, gilded triggerfish, Gilded Trigger-fish, Guilded triggerfish

Names in 7 more languages

German: Blaukehl-Drückerfisch
Spanish: Ballesta de garganta azul
Filipino: Papakol
French: Baliste à bordures dorées, Baliste doré
Japanese: Hoshimongara, ホシモンガラ
Thai: ปลาวัวหางส้ม
Simplified Chinese: 金邊砲彈, 金邊黃鱗魨, 黃板機魨, 黃鱗魨

Other scientific names: Balistes auromarginatus

Similar species

Flat-tailed Trigger-fish
Abalistes stellatus
Orange-lined triggerfish
Balistapus undulatus
Rough triggerfish
Canthidermis maculata
Black Triggerfish
Sufflamen chrysopterum
Black durgon
Melichthys niger
Pinktail triggerfish
Melichthys vidua

Sources and credits

Names and taxonomy: WoRMS (CC BY 4.0) and the GBIF Backbone (CC BY 4.0). Photos: iNaturalist observers, each under the licence shown (CC0, CC BY or CC BY-SA).

Depth, temperature, months and maps: records from OBIS and GBIF under CC0 or CC BY.
Descriptions: Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA, each linked to its article.
Conservation status as published by GBIF (IUCN Red List).
518 open-data records from 1832 to 2019.

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