Rhinecanthus assasi, commonly known as the Assasi triggerfish or Arabian picassofish,[2] is a species of fish in the family Balistidae, the triggerfishes.
Assasi triggerfish | |
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Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Tetraodontiformes |
Family: | Balistidae |
Genus: | Rhinecanthus |
Species: | R. assasi |
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Rhinecanthus assasi (Forsskål, 1775) | |
Rhinecanthus assasi reaches up to 30 centimeters long. It is tan above and white below with blue stripes between and below the eyes.[3] It feeds mostly on invertebrates.[4]
R. assasi mostly lives in or near coral reefs. It occurs in the western Indian Ocean, including the Red Sea and Persian Gulf.[4]
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