Reef triggerfish

Reef triggerfish

Change how to pronounce humuhumunukunukuapua'a

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The '''reef triggerfish''' ('''''Rhinecanthus rectangulus'''''), also known as the '''rectangular triggerfish''', '''wedgetail triggerfish'''{{Cite web |url=https://reefguide.org/hawaii/wedgetailtriggerfish.html |title=Wedgetail Triggerfish - Rhinecanthus rectangulus - Triggerfishes - Reef Triggerfish - Hawaii Reefs |website=reefguide.org |access-date=2020-03-01}} or by its [[Hawaiian language|Hawaiian]] name '''{{Lang|haw|humuhumunukunukuāpua{{okina}}a|italic=no}}''' ({{IPA|haw|who-moo-who-moo-nukoo-nukoo-ah-poo-wah-ah|pron}}, meaning 'triggerfish with a snout like a pig',[https://www.thefreedictionary.com/humuhumunukunukuapua%27a humuhumunukunukuapua'a]. humuhumunukunukuapua'a. (n.d.) American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. (2011). Accessed on The Free Dictionary. Retrieved on 2015-05-18. also spelled '''humuhumunukunukuapua'a''' or just '''humuhumu''' for short), is one of several [[species]] of [[triggerfish]]. It is found in coral reefs in the entirety of the Western Pacific Ocean from North to South and Eastern Central Pacific. It is also found in the Indian Ocean from East to West and the Southeast Atlantic Ocean. It exists in 0 to 50 meters in depth.{{cite journal |last1=Matsuura |first1= K. |date=November 2014 | title=Taxonomy and systematics of tetraodontiform fishes: a review focusing primarily on progress in the period from 1980 to 2014 |journal= Ichthyol Res| volume=62 |pages= 72–113 |doi=10.1007/s10228-014-0444-5|doi-access=free }}
The '''reef triggerfish''' ('''''Rhinecanthus rectangulus'''''), also known as the '''rectangular triggerfish''', '''wedgetail triggerfish'''{{Cite web |url=https://reefguide.org/hawaii/wedgetailtriggerfish.html |title=Wedgetail Triggerfish - Rhinecanthus rectangulus - Triggerfishes - Reef Triggerfish - Hawaii Reefs |website=reefguide.org |access-date=2020-03-01}} or by its [[Hawaiian language|Hawaiian]] name '''{{Lang|haw|humuhumunukunukuāpua{{okina}}a|italic=no}}''' ({{IPA|haw|who-moo-who-moo-nukoo-nukoo-ah-poo-wa-ah|pron}}, meaning 'triggerfish with a snout like a pig',[https://www.thefreedictionary.com/humuhumunukunukuapua%27a humuhumunukunukuapua'a]. humuhumunukunukuapua'a. (n.d.) American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. (2011). Accessed on The Free Dictionary. Retrieved on 2015-05-18. also spelled '''humuhumunukunukuapua'a''' or just '''humuhumu''' for short), is one of several [[species]] of [[triggerfish]]. It is found in coral reefs in the entirety of the Western Pacific Ocean from North to South and Eastern Central Pacific. It is also found in the Indian Ocean from East to West and the Southeast Atlantic Ocean. It exists in 0 to 50 meters in depth.{{cite journal |last1=Matsuura |first1= K. |date=November 2014 | title=Taxonomy and systematics of tetraodontiform fishes: a review focusing primarily on progress in the period from 1980 to 2014 |journal= Ichthyol Res| volume=62 |pages= 72–113 |doi=10.1007/s10228-014-0444-5|doi-access=free }}
==Description==
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