Titan triggerfish: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Where the Titan triggerfish lives – recorded in 32 countries, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Scientific name	Balistoides viridescens
Group	Bony fish
Status	Least concern (Wikidata, IUCN category label)
Found in	32 countries
Continents	Africa, Asia, Oceania
Class	Ray-finned fish
Order	Tetraodontiformes
Family	Balistidae

Where does the Titan triggerfish live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the Titan triggerfish in 32 countries and territories across Africa, Asia 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 Titan triggerfish endangered?

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

What kind of animal is the Titan triggerfish?

The Titan triggerfish (Balistoides viridescens) is a ray-finned fish in the order Tetraodontiformes and the family Balistidae, genus Balistoides. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the Titan triggerfish

The titan triggerfish, giant triggerfish or moustache triggerfish (Balistoides viridescens) is a large species of triggerfish found in lagoons and at reefs to depths of 50 m (160 ft) in most of the Indo-Pacific, though it is absent from Hawaii. With a length of up to 75 centimetres (30 in), it is the largest species of triggerfish in its range (the stone triggerfish, Pseudobalistes naufragium, from the east Pacific is larger).

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Titan triggerfish (revision 1349562688), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q1508315 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).