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Reef triggerfish
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"Humuhumunukunukuapua'a" redirects here. For Rhinecanthus aculeatus, the similar triggerfish, see Lagoon triggerfish. For the song, see My Little Grass Shack in Kealakekua, Hawaii.
The reef triggerfish (Rhinecanthus rectangulus), also known as the rectangular triggerfish, wedgetail triggerfish[2] or by its Hawaiian name humuhumunukunukuāpuaʻa (pronounced [ˈhumuˈhumuˈnukuˈnukuˈwaːpuˈwɐʔə], meaning 'triggerfish with a snout like a pig',[3] also spelled humuhumunukunukuapua'a or just humuhumu for short), is one of several species of triggerfish. It is found at reefs in the Indo-Pacific[4] and is the state fish of Hawaii.
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Reef triggerfish | |
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An illustration of the fish present on the fishes of Hawaii made in 1852 | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Tetraodontiformes |
Family: | Balistidae |
Genus: | Rhinecanthus |
Species: | R. rectangulus |
Binomial name | |
Rhinecanthus rectangulus (Bloch & J. G. Schneider, 1801) | |
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