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Xanthichthys caeruleolineatus Randall, Matsuura &. Zama, 1978
BLUELINE TRIGGERFISH
Bluelined Triggerfish; Blue-line triggerfish

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Xanthichthys caeruleolineatus
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Xanthichthys caeruleolineatus

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Overview
Main identification features
  • olive above, pale grey below
  • flank - blue stripe
  • c: grey + red borders
Mouth a little above center, lower jaw projecting; 5-6 grooves on cheek; teeth uneven, notched; 3 dorsal spines, last very small, under skin; cheeks scaly, with 3-6 scaleless oblique grooves; no patch of enlarged scales behind gill slit; dorsal III, 26-28; anal 23-25; pectoral 12-13; tail strongly concave.

Top olive brown, abruptly pale grey below, a pale blue stripe (with orange upper border) front the pectoral to the tail; grooves on cheek blue; scales on upper body with blue dots (at front) or blue lines (at rear); skin between scales on lower body dark; blue-edged orange stripe from lower eye to lower edge of pectoral base; tail blue-grey with upper and lower borders red.

Size: 35 cm.

Habitat: rocky reefs.

Depth: 15-200 m.

Indo-Pacific; possibly resident here at, Cocos and the Galapagos.


Attributes
Abundance: Common.
Cites: Not listed.
Climate Zone: Equatorial (Costa Rica to Ecuador + Galapagos, Clipperton, Cocos, Malpelo).
Depth Range Max: 200 m.
Depth Range Min: 15 m.
Diet: zooplankton; pelagic fish larvae.
Eastern Pacific Range: Northern limit=6; Southern limit=-2; Western limit=-93; Eastern limit=-87; Latitudinal range=8; Longitudinal range=6.
Egg Type: Benthic; Pelagic larva.
Feeding Group: Planktivore.
FishBase Habitat: Reef Associated.
Global Endemism: All Pacific (West + Central + East); Indo-Pacific only (Indian + Pacific Oceans); TEP non-endemic; "Transpacific" (East + Central &/or West Pacific); All species.
Habitat: Corals; Reef associated (reef + edges-water column & soft bottom); Rocks; Reef (rock &/or coral); Reef only.
Inshore Offshore: Inshore; Inshore Only.
IUCN Red List: Not evaluated / Listed.
Length Max: 35 cm.
Regional Endemism: Island (s) only; Island (s); Tropical Eastern Pacific (TEP) non-endemic; Eastern Pacific non-endemic; All species.
Residency: Resident.
Salinity: Marine; Marine Only.
Water Column Position: Bottom; Mid Water; Near Bottom; Bottom + water column;


Names
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References
  • Garrison, G., 2000., Peces de la Isla del Coco., Instituto Nacional de Biodiversidad:393.
  • Garrison, V. H., 1996., New records of fishes at Isla del Coco, Costa Rica., Bull. Mar. Sci., 58:861-864.
  • Grove , J.S. and Lavenberg, R. J., 1997., The fishes of the Galápagos islands., Stanford University Press:863 pp.
  • Randall , J.E. , Matsuura , K. and Zama, A., 1978., A revision of the triggerfish genus Xanthichthys, with description of a new species., Bull. Mar. Sci., 28:688-706.

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Xanthichthys caeruleolineatus, Outrigger triggerfish : fisheries
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Xanthichthys caeruleolineatus Randall , Matsuura & Zama , 1978

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Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes( genus , species ) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

Teleostei (teleosts) > Tetraodontiformes (Puffers and filefishes) > Balistidae (Triggerfishes)
Etymology: Xanthichthys: Greek, xanthos = yellow + Greek, ichthys = fish (Ref. 45335 ) .
More on authors: Randall , Matsuura & Zama .

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Marine; reef-associated; depth range 15 - 200 m (Ref. 9770 ), usually 50 - 200 m (Ref. 9770 ). Tropical; 33°N - 24°S

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Indo-West Pacific: Angela Islands eastward through Indonesia to the Galapagos Islands, north to southern Japan.

Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: L m   ?   range ? - ? cm
Max length : 35.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 9770 )

Short description Morphology | Morphometrics

Dorsal spines (total): 3; Dorsal soft rays (total): 26-28; Anal spines : 0; Anal soft rays : 23 - 25

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Occurs in deep seaward reefs. One collection outside Micronesia was made at 15 m (Ref. 1602 ). Benthopelagic (Ref. 58302 ). Feeds on zooplanktons (Ref. 89972 ). Exhibits sexual dimorphism (Ref. 37816 ). Taken occasionally by bottom fishing (Ref. 1602 ). Marketed fresh.

Life cycle and mating behavior Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae

Main reference Upload your references | References | Coordinator : Matsuura, Keiichi | Collaborators

Matsuura, K. , 2001. Balistidae. Triggerfishes. p. 3911-3928. In K.E. Carpenter and V. Niem (eds.) FAO species identification guide for fishery purposes. The living marine resources of the Western Central Pacific. Vol. 6. Bony fishes part 4 (Labridae to Latimeriidae), estuarine crocodiles. FAO, Rome. (Ref. 9770 )

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435 )

  Least Concern (LC)  ; Date assessed: 17 January 2022

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361 )

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless





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Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 123201 ): 15.2 - 26.9, mean 22.1 °C (based on 168 cells). Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804 ):  PD 50 = 0.5078   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high]. Bayesian length-weight: a=0.02570 (0.01232 - 0.05364), b=2.94 (2.77 - 3.11), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref. 93245 ). Trophic level (Ref. 69278 ):  3.5   ±0.3 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives Resilience (Ref. 120179 ):  Medium, minimum population doubling time 1.4 - 4.4 years (Preliminary K or Fecundity.). Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153 ):  Low vulnerability (25 of 100). Price category (Ref. 80766 ):   Medium . Nutrients (Ref. 124155 ):  Calcium = 40.3 [17.7, 86.1] mg/100g; Iron = 0.657 [0.340, 1.532] mg/100g; Protein = 18.2 [16.0, 20.4] %; Omega3 = 0.129 [0.063, 0.262] g/100g; Selenium = 45.4 [21.8, 101.4] μg/100g; VitaminA = 79.6 [21.5, 293.3] μg/100g; Zinc = 0.919 [0.604, 1.385] mg/100g (wet weight);

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