$2,000 trigger ID

[ddier2020]

Does anyone know what this trigger might be? I know the picture is not the best, but its all I had. this fish is going for $2k.

 

[abereefur]

bad picture, could it be crosshatch?

 

[reefnetworth]

1) triggers turn corals and LR into sand, i wouldnt put one in a reef tank.
2) i personally wouldnt pay $2,000.00 for any fish. ive seen black tangs on www.liveaquaria.com for $3,000.00, my LFS showed me his cost sheet for the exact fish...$800.00!!!

 

[triggerfish1976]

I can't tell from the pic but there were some triggers making the rounds recently that had not been scientifically named yet. They were related to Crosshtach but looked almost identical to the Sargassum Triggers but with an orange tail instead red. They were pretty expensive so I am guessing this is the same fish. IMOP they are not worth the money.

 

[R.W.]

not a crosshatch. This one looks similar. I have no idea what the name is for it though

 

[ccampbell57]

looks to me like a hybrid of a female crosshatch and a sargassum. $2k for that??? Not a chance...go get 4 pairs of crosshatches or 20 sargassums

 

[AuroraDrvr]

Looks like a Hawaiian Black and a Blue Jaw hybrid.

 

[jmccown]

It's a sargassum.

 

[keithntracy]

for 2 grand i'd want a positive id from the lfs.

 

[Capt_Cully]

Sargassum x 2

 

[triggerfish1976]

Where did this fish come from? If it was collected in HI which is where I heard they were coming from it is not a hybrid of a Sargassum?

 

[cl2ysta1]

sargassms have red tails though... the "red tail triggerfish"

 

[The Fish Finder]

may be a albino crosshatch. Prob not but is always a chance.

 

[JM68]

crosshatch and sargassum cannot naturally hybridize they come from different oceans. If you find one let me know i'll give u 50 grand cause its the only one in the world.

 

[jmaneyapanda]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=12512212#post12512212 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by The Fish Finder
may be a albino crosshatch. Prob not but is always a chance.

albinos have no pigment whatsoever. So I would scratch albino off the list. Looks like a faded female crosshatch.

Then again, I keep see the Zapruder Kennedy assassination film cleraer than the photo.


In fact.......that hair algae knoll behind the fish....

 

[Wolverine]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=12510105#post12510105 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by reefnetworth
1) triggers turn corals and LR into sand, i wouldnt put one in a reef tank.

Xanthichthys and Melichthys triggers don't. Many people successfully keep them in reef tanks with no problems.

 

[Wolverine]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=12511897#post12511897 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by cl2ysta1
sargassms have red tails though... the "red tail triggerfish"

Crosshatches also can have red tails, and more labelled "redtailed trigger" even more often.

 

[Wolverine]

Sargassums don't typically have the bright stripe at the base of their fins like this does (and like the Durgons do).

Whatever it is, I'd have a tough time convincing myself to pay $2k for it.

 

[Chibils]

It doesn't look like a sargassum to me, but closer to one than any other trigger.

 

[triggerfish1976]

I spoke to the guy who offered one of these fish to me and he told me that the latest rumor is they are a crosshatch color morph.