Reef triggerfish: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Where the reef triggerfish lives – recorded in 24 countries, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Scientific name	Rhinecanthus rectangulus
Group	Bony fish
Status	Least concern (Wikidata, IUCN category label)
Found in	24 countries
Continents	Africa, Asia, North America, Oceania
Class	Ray-finned fish
Order	Tetraodontiformes
Family	Balistidae

Where does the reef triggerfish live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the reef triggerfish in 24 countries and territories across Africa, Asia, North America and Oceania. Wikidata gives its range as: South China Sea.

Countries with at least a handful of records (a minimum share of the species’ records, to leave out vagrants and escapes). Records with coordinates only; captive and fossil records excluded.

Is the reef triggerfish endangered?

The reef triggerfish’s conservation status recorded in Wikidata is “Least concern” (an IUCN Red List category label). Source: Wikidata.

What kind of animal is the reef triggerfish?

The reef triggerfish (Rhinecanthus rectangulus) is a ray-finned fish in the order Tetraodontiformes and the family Balistidae, genus Rhinecanthus. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the reef triggerfish

The reef triggerfish (Rhinecanthus rectangulus), also known as the rectangular triggerfish, wedgetail triggerfish or by its Hawaiian name humuhumunukunukuāpuaʻa (pronounced [ˈhumuˈhumuˈnukuˈnukuˈwaːpuˈwɐʔə], meaning 'triggerfish with a snout like a pig', also spelled humuhumunukunukuapua'a or just humuhumu for short), is one of several species of triggerfish. It is found in coral reefs in the entirety of the Western Pacific Ocean from North to South and Eastern Central Pacific. It is also found in the Indian Ocean from East to West and the Southeast Atlantic Ocean. It exists in 0 to 50 meters in depth.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Reef triggerfish (revision 1380831177), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q669512 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).