Xanthichthys

Xanthichthys is a genus of triggerfishes native to reef environments in the western Atlantic Ocean, Indian Ocean, and Pacific Ocean.

Xanthichthys
Xanthichthys auromarginatus
Xanthichthys ringens
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Tetraodontiformes
Family:	Balistidae
Genus:	Xanthichthys Kaup, 1856
Type species
Balistes curassavicus J. F. Gmelin, 1789

Species

Six recognized species are placed in this genus:^[1][2]

Image	Scientific name	Common Name	Distribution
	X. auromarginatus E. T. Bennett, 1832	gilded triggerfish	Indo-Pacific.
	X. caeruleolineatus J. E. Randall, Matsuura & Zama, 1978	outrigger triggerfish	Indo-West Pacific.
	X. greenei Pyle & Earle, 2013[3]	Kiri triggerfish	Pacific Ocean
	X. lineopunctatus Hollard, 1854	striped triggerfish	South Africa eastward through northern Australia to New Guinea, north to southern Japan.
	X. mento D. S. Jordan & C. H. Gilbert, 1882	redtail triggerfish	Pacific.
	X. ringens Linnaeus, 1758	sargassum triggerfish	e Western Atlantic, ranging from North Carolina (USA) to Brazil.