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Queen Triggerfish - Balistes vetula This Queen Triggerfish - Balistes vetula is also known as Old Wife.<br />
They are greenish or bluish gray on back, orange-yellow on lower part of head and abdomen, with two broad diagonal curved bright blue bands running from snout to below and in front of pectoral fins, the lowermost continuous with a blue ring around lips; a broad blue bar across caudal peduncle, and blue sub-marginal bands in median fins. Balistes vetula,Fall,Geotagged,Old Wife,Queen triggerfish,The Bahamas Click/tap to enlarge Species introCountry intro

Queen Triggerfish - Balistes vetula

This Queen Triggerfish - Balistes vetula is also known as Old Wife.
They are greenish or bluish gray on back, orange-yellow on lower part of head and abdomen, with two broad diagonal curved bright blue bands running from snout to below and in front of pectoral fins, the lowermost continuous with a blue ring around lips; a broad blue bar across caudal peduncle, and blue sub-marginal bands in median fins.

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''Balistes vetula'', the queen triggerfish or old wife, is a reef dwelling triggerfish found in the Atlantic Ocean. It is occasionally caught as a gamefish, and sometimes kept in marine aquaria.

Species identified by Albert Kang
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By Albert Kang

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Uploaded Oct 30, 2016. Captured Oct 25, 2016 23:27 in Old Bahama Bay, The Bahamas.
  • TG-4
  • f/2.8
  • 1/1000s
  • ISO100
  • 4.5mm