Digging my new trigger. I've never seen one like this guy.

[Bay]

 

[JumboShrimp]

Wow. Hope someone tells us what it is…

 

[Tnops]

I know nothing about triggers but might be a blue lined trigger

 

[lion king]

I know nothing about triggers but might be a blue lined trigger

Yes looks like a juvi blueline to me. Will grow fast and get very aggressive.

 

[Bay]

Yes looks like a juvi blueline to me. Will grow fast and get very aggressive.

Definitely not a blueline, it's about 4 inches so not that much of a juvi either.

 

[mfollen]

Indian black trigger. Not a Hawaiian black

 

[lion king]

The undulating lines fooled me, maybe a grey triggerfish, it does have the face of balistes genus. I can't see real detail on my computer.

 

[mfollen]

Indian Trigger - Melichthys indicus - Medium

This large trigger is a beautiful deep grey to black color with a light blue stripe at the base of the dorsal and anal fins and edging the tail. Darker stripes also cross the top of the head and the chin of this fish. The Indian Trigger (Melichthys indicus) is very similar to the Black Trigger...

www.thatpetplace.com

 

[Bay]

Indian black trigger. Not a Hawaiian black

Very close, except the Indian black trigger doesn't have clear fins as they are usually black. Also, the line beneath the dorsal fin is all white on Indian triggers.

The undulating lines fooled me, maybe a grey triggerfish, it does have the face of balistes genus. I can't see real detail on my computer.

I think it's a hybrid. I have an idea of what it's mixed with but wanted to hear from the experts on R2R first

 

[mfollen]

Wow on second look in more detail you may be right. I do see elements of a pink tail trigger. Can you get clearer pics under more light?

 

[Bay]

Wow on second look in more detail you may be right. I do see elements of a pink tail trigger. Can you get clearer pics under more light?

 

[Sean Clark]

Great looking fish you have there.

 

[mfollen]

Great pics, awesome fish. How about the back half showing the fins?

 

[Bay]

Great looking fish you have there.

Thanks!

Great pics, awesome fish. How about the back half showing the fins?

 

[Bay]

Wow on second look in more detail you may be right. I do see elements of a pink tail trigger. Can you get clearer pics under more light?

This was my guess also, pink tail and indian black hybrid. Great eye man, I hope he colors up well if I grow him a little bigger.

 

[HB AL]

That looks nothing like my Pinktail or blueline, what did the seller call it. Ive got 8 triggers really curious if it's a cross breed?

 

[predawin]

Here is my blueline

 

[monkeyCmonkeyDo]

I was gonna call it an undata triggerfish but it's actually called an undulate triggerfish. Very kool specimen and yes I agree it will become very aggressive as it and it's appetite grow.
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[JumboShrimp]

The Undulate Triggerfish-- a beautiful 'Terror of the Sea!' Oh, how many times I have resisted the urge at my LFS! Lol. I will just have to live through you. Keep the pictures coming as he grows; and the stories of mayhem and destruction! Ahahahaha. Best wishes, he's a fun one.

 

[PhishMonger84]

any update on what this fish looks like today?