clown triggerfish
balistoides conspicillum latin

The clown triggerfish is most commonly found around coral reefs.

Balistoides conspicillum (Clown triggerfish)

The clown triggerfish has strong jaws for crushing and eating sea urchins, crustaceans and hard-shell molluscs.

The clown triggerfish is widely distributed troughout the tropical and subtropical waters of the Indian Ocean until the western Pacific Ocean.

Balistoides conspicillum, also known as the Clown triggerfish or bigspotted triggerfish, is a demersal Marine fish belonging to the family Balistidae or commonly called triggerfish.

The Coral Reef exhibit is home to species of aquatic life that lives in coral reefs around the world including coral, sea anemone, clown triggerfish, foureye butterflyfish, clownfish, schooling bannerfish, yellow tang, and Achilles tang.