Ocean Blue Trigger

[hrdneglcry]

Hey everybody. Check out the PIC of this beautiful Trigger. I think that this is an Ocean Trigger. In any case it is a Blue Trigger, and it is not a Niger Trigger. I think that this type gets too big for most home aquariums, but it is a sweet fish nonetheless.
http://images.search.yahoo.com/sear...peg&no=1&tt=295&oid=1bcbe6a871286fb8&ei=UTF-8

 

[Titan*69]

Actually that pic was shown here before, and after great debate the concensus was a fully grown Blue-Lined trigger. They lose all their juvy coloration at adulthood.

 

[hrdneglcry]

Fuscus?

Fuscus?

Do Blueline (Fuscus) Triggers have Trident tails as juveniles, or sub adults? The Odonus Niger has a Trident tail even when small. I think that the Queen Trigger also has a Trident tail when small. In PICS of small Bluelined (Fuscus) Triggers it does not look like they Trident Tails.
On saltwaterfish.com there is a PIC of a 7" Fuscus (Blueline), and it does not appear to have a Trident tail.
My point is that the Queen Trigger, and the Niger Trigger both have Trident Tails even when small, and a Fuscus does not. The fish in the PIC has a Trident tail.
I am wondering if the fish in the PIC is really a Fuscus. I thought that it was said to be called an Ocean Trigger.
Do you know what I mean about the Trident tail?

 

[I like Triggers]

looking through my sources, this is a blueline. look at the tail closley. an adult blue like has more of a W tail. the niger gas muchmore of a U shaped tail. i have never seen a trigger like that. maybe its a color variation, crossbreed, or mutant?

 

[hrdneglcry]

Trigger

Trigger

OK, so you think it is an adult Blueline?

 

[I like Triggers]

i would say so... here is a blueline...

and here is a niger

and for reference...

even the mouth and face look more like a blueline

 

[hrdneglcry]

Trigger

Trigger

OK, you are right, and I can see the Trident tail on this Fuscus Trigger. The fish in the PIC that this thread is based upon must be an adult Fuscus.
I thought it might be a Niger, but it does not have red teeth like O. Niger has.

 

[jcopp24]

I vote blue line... if you look at the lines and which way they are flowing... I have never seen a Niger like that...

 

[triggermen]

well talking about blue line trigger,i came across a 9" fuscus which is almost brown in color with white line at the edge of the fins.
some how the Lfs mistake it for the undy i order and i end up getting a 5" one.anyway the large trigger didnt survive.

 

[triggermen]

sorry about the mix up,the large trigger i mentioned earlier is a black hawaiian trigger.

 

[spamin76]

Yup - Pseudobalistes fuscus. I must admit, this is the first time I have ever seen an adult, but after a little searching I found many, many pictures of the adult coloration of this fish.

And it is definitely a Pseudobalistid - you can tell by the scale size and texture, the stockiness of the tail, and the shape and proportion of the median paired fins on the fish.

 

[hrdneglcry]

Is that not a sweet fish!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!?