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Yellow Margin Triggerfish - Pseudobalistes flavimarginatus This Yellow margin Triggerfish - Pseudobalistes flavimarginatus can grows up to the size of 60cm, has tan body with dark spots and crosshatch patterns, pale orangish snout and cheeks to orange margins on fins.<br />
Solitary, nest in sand and corral rubbles.<br />
They can get very aggressive when brooding their eggs and have been known to attack divers when divers swims too near to them.  They have very sharp teeth and that can cause some serious bites. Fall,Fish,Geotagged,Malaysia,Pseudobalistes flavimarginatus,Sabah,Triggerfish,Yellowmargin triggerfish Click/tap to enlarge Country intro

Yellow Margin Triggerfish - Pseudobalistes flavimarginatus

This Yellow margin Triggerfish - Pseudobalistes flavimarginatus can grows up to the size of 60cm, has tan body with dark spots and crosshatch patterns, pale orangish snout and cheeks to orange margins on fins.
Solitary, nest in sand and corral rubbles.
They can get very aggressive when brooding their eggs and have been known to attack divers when divers swims too near to them. They have very sharp teeth and that can cause some serious bites.

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The yellowmargin triggerfish, ''Pseudobalistes flavimarginatus'', are marine fish in the triggerfish family ''Balistidae''. They originate in coastal tropical waters and reefs of the Indo-Pacific from the Red Sea south to Natal, South Africa and east from southern Japan south to Indonesia, Philippines and Samoa. They can be found at water depths from 2–50 m .

These triggerfish can grow to a maximum length of 60 cm . They are marketed either fresh or dried for food, but are.. more

Species identified by Albert Kang
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Uploaded Nov 28, 2016. Captured Nov 14, 2016 07:11 in Malaysia.
  • TG-4
  • f/3.2
  • 1/320s
  • ISO100
  • 5.5mm