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Wedgetail Triggerfish
Rhinecanthus rectangulus
The reef, rectangular, or wedge-tail triggerfish, also known by its Hawaiian name humuhumunukunukuāpuaʻa (pronounced and meaning "triggerfish with a snout like a pig"), also spelled humuhumunukunukuapua'a or just humuhumu for short, is one of several species of triggerfish. Classified as Rhinecanthus rectangulus, it is found at reefs in the Indo-Pacific and is the state fish of Hawaii.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 52449.