rare trigger or not?

[T-T-Trigger]

how on earth do they know that it is a niger/stellatus hybrid ?


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[lakehorse61]

it reminds me of the black durgeon i had. in the light it would turn that green color.

 

[Titan*69]

I second this^

 

[cooltankmate]

that's an awesome looking trigger! it really looks like my black durgeon

 

[SW1TCH]

I noticed in their trigger section they dont list a black durgeon anymore..

 

[XtrmCHoPZ]

Notice the dorsal and anal fins. On black durgeons they are solid black, on this fish they are clear with fine lines. Also the fish pictured has a rounded tail with blue edging. Durgeons have a black lyre-shaped tail.

 

[I like Triggers]

Thats a very cool trigger!

 

[triggermen]

xtrmchopz you are absolutely correct.very nice fish never seen before,which part of world you got it??

 

[T-T-Trigger]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=8280466#post8280466 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by triggermen
xtrmchopz you are absolutely correct.very nice fish never seen before,which part of world you got it??

click on the link - it is not my fish. but YOU can buy it - for the low low price of 399! :eek2:

 

[lakehorse61]

my durgeon was obtained by my LFS & sold to me for $100. it was about 12 inches long.

 

[RGBMatt]

That fish is certainly not the hybrid they claim it is - it looks like Melichthys indicus:

http://www.fishbase.org/Summary/speciesSummary.php?ID=7634&genusname=Melichthys&speciesname=indicus

Melichthys spp triggers are quite variable in colour and can look very dramatic if they're in the right mood.

 

[I like Triggers]

How would they know it's a hybrid unles they did a DNA test? which I doubt they did.

 

[AmandaL]

It's a Black Durgeon.

Mine used to change to that green, blue yellowish color all the time.

 

[T-T-Trigger]

is there a difference between Melicthys niger and Meliccthys indicus?

and what about those clear anal/dorsal fins, as was pointed out?

 

[Bebo77]

sweet looking fish...

 

[danorth]

I just saw a pink tail trigger with an orange tail at a LFS a few weeks ago. It wasn't the light either, it was orange.

I would believe possible pink tail/black mix though.

 

[danorth]

Here as a for instance. This area has blue bodied pink tails until they hit a certain age......very unique as well.

 

[T-T-Trigger]

trippy

 

[triggermen]

very very interesting.......

 

[I like Triggers]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=8283311#post8283311 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by T-T-Trigger
is there a difference between Melicthys niger and Meliccthys indicus?

and what about those clear anal/dorsal fins, as was pointed out?

indicus and niger are different... very different...

M. indicus reaches about 25cm and doesn't usually school. Digs in substrate and hides under sand. It eats sponges, algae, inverts, and crustaceans.

M. niger reaches about 50sm and does school. It's diet consists primarily of calcareous algae and zooplankton.

I don't know any distinguishing features of either though to tell them apart by looking.