ID for this trigger?

[twobytwo]

Just looking for more info on this Trigger:

Is it a pink tail? The LFS has a label for Pink Tail Trigger and "Oceanic" Trigger on the tank, but the staff doesn't think its either.

 

[4FordFamily]

This is one of the few triggers I cannot ID.

#reesquad

 

[tj w]

Interesting, following to find out as well.

 

[lion king]

Awesome looking fish, definitely in the Melichthys genus. I have seen pinktail tail triggers with orange tails before, and i have read they can have pink, orange, and another color I can't remember. But the black border on the tail throws me off. I would imagine it would resemble other fish in that genus, which would be sort of laid back for a trigger.

 

[twobytwo]

Awesome looking fish, definitely in the Melichthys genus. I have seen pinktail tail triggers with orange tails before, and i have read they can have pink, orange, and another color I can't remember. But the black border on the tail throws me off. I would imagine it would resemble other fish in that genus, which would be sort of laid back for a trigger.

Would I be able to keep it in a 120g tank?

 

[lion king]

Would I be able to keep it in a 120g tank?

I have a pinktail in a 210 and they cover alot of real estate, I'm a bit concerned he may even need to be in a bigger tank. I think most recommend at least a 180, more important a 6' foot tank.

 

[mort]

I know very little about triggers so don't trust this but it looks like some of the images on Google if you look for hawaiian black trigger. Most are dark but there are a few with lighter colouration and very similar fins.

 

[lion king]

The black trigger is also in the Melichthys genus, with the black trigger the dorsal fins are solid black. The one in the pic above the dorsal fins are translucent.

 

[mort]

This is the one I saw http://www.shutterstock.com/pic-236...hthys-niger-isolated-on-white-background.html
don't know if it is a slight variant, misidentified species but squint a bit and imagine different lighting and I think it's similar.

 

[4FordFamily]

@eatbreakfast @evolved either if you two know?

 

[twobytwo]

There was another in the tank, with less orange/yellow in its fins. looks similar to google images for Hawaiian Black Triggerfish, but I'm still not sure:


http://imgur.com/WLmy5Xo

 

[lion king]

How big are they, that one has the black dorsals similar to the black triggers. The Melichthys triggers almost always come in over 4", the pink trigger I saw with an orange tail was more like 3". Body color also changes due to stress and mood, my pinktail turns almost white when he gets mad; and otherwise goes from shades of dark green to blueish gray green. The most common of this genus we see in the hobby trade are the Indian and Hawaiian Blacks and the Pink Tail' I'm sure there are others along with even hybrids that we rarely see. If I saw one of those and had the place in one of my tanks, I wouldn't hesitate to snatch him up.

 

[reefaland310]

Kind of looks like a half moon triggerfish

 

[reefaland310]

Color is very similar

 

[twobytwo]

Well I went back again to buy it. The one in my original photos was gone, but I picked up another with less orange in the fins. I'm leaning towards "Hawaiian Black Trigger" but still open not correction. He's much darker when he's hiding/shy but nice yellow and blues when he comes out.

Here it is in my QT. The Trigger did not like the puffer when he first went in the tank (bite!), but after that, they've been best friends... sleeping beside each other and just not bothering the other.

http://imgur.com/7dqHJtB

Sorry, my phone did not like the exposure and kept going dark:

 

[sc50964]

Unique Triggerfish Forgot it was Supposed to Have a Pink Tail! | Reef Builders | The Reef and Saltwater Aquarium Blog

For some reason, it seems like the aberrant triggerfish that come to our attention are almost always undulated triggerfish, but today it’s the pink-tail trigger’s turn to break the rules.

reefbuilders.com

 

[littlefoxx]

I think youre right. Found this: pretty trigger!

 

[Zgraggen Bruno]

Hello, I have had an Odonus Niger in my RedSea Penninsula 500L for 6 years. It works great, the trigger is very nice to the other fish. He loves an amphora as a place to sleep. He leaves everything alone, sometimes he carries small stones into the aquarium :)

 

[sc50964]

Hello, I have had an Odonus Niger in my RedSea Penninsula 500L for 6 years. It works great, the trigger is very nice to the other fish. He loves an amphora as a place to sleep. He leaves everything alone, sometimes he carries small stones into the aquarium :)

My post is about the rare orange tail version of the normally pink tail trigger (Melichthys vidua).

Basically a pink tail trigger whose tail is not pink but orange.

 

[sc50964]