Odonus niger

Odonus niger

Redtoothed triggerfish

Blue triggerfish

Distribution: from the Red Sea and East Africa to Southern Japan, Marquesas, the Society Islands, the Great Barrier Reef and New Caledonia.

May be confused with Pseudobalistes fuscus, which has a very similar distribution.

Spots where Odonus niger has been spotted by snorkelers

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