Xanthichthys is a genus of triggerfishes native to reef environments in the western Atlantic Ocean, Indian Ocean, and Pacific Ocean.
Species Six recognized species are placed in this genus: Image Scientific name Common name Distribution X. auromarginatus E. T. Bennett, 1832gilded triggerfish Indo-Pacific. X. caeruleolineatus J. E. Randall, Matsuura & Zama, 1978outrigger triggerfish Indo-West Pacific. X. greenei Pyle & Earle, 2013Kiri triggerfishPacific Ocean X. lineopunctatus Hollard, 1854striped triggerfishSouth Africa eastward through northern Australia to New Guinea, north to southern Japan. X. mento D. S. Jordan & C. H. Gilbert, 1882redtail triggerfishPacific. X. ringens Linnaeus, 1758sargassum triggerfishe Western Atlantic, ranging from North Carolina (USA) to Brazil.
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