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Triggerfish vs Tilefish - What's the difference?

triggerfish | tilefish |

As nouns the difference between triggerfish and tilefish

is that triggerfish is any of several brightly coloured fish, of the family Balistidae, that inhabit tropical reefs and have an erectile spine on the dorsal fin while tilefish is mostly small, perciform marine fish in the family family: Malacanthidae; an important food fish.

triggerfish

English

Noun

(wikipedia triggerfish) (en-noun)
  • Any of several brightly coloured fish, of the family Balistidae, that inhabit tropical reefs and have an erectile spine on the dorsal fin.

    • See also

    *humuhumunukunukuapuaa

    tilefish

    English

    Noun

  • Mostly small, perciform marine fish in the family ; an important food fish.
  • *{{quote-news, year=2008, date=January 30, author=Nick Fox, title=Taking Worry Off the Plate, work=New York Times citation
    • , passage=The federal Food and Drug Administration and the Environmental Protection Agency advise women and children to avoid king mackerel, shark, swordfish and tilefish , and limit their consumption of some tuna. }}

    Synonyms

    * blanquillo

    Hyponyms

    * atlantic goldeye tilefish * bankslope tilefish * Bermuda tilefish * bighead tilefish * blackline tilefish * blue blanquillo * chameleon sand tilefish * dusky tilefish * freckled tilefish * great northern tilefish * grey tilefish * gulf bareye tilefish * Hubbs' tilefish * ocean whitefish * pastel tilefish * purple sand tilefish * quakerfish * red tilefish * redback sand tilefish * reticulated tilefish * ribbed tilefish * sand tilefish * Starck's tilefish * yellow tilefish * yellowbar tilefish * yellow-spotted tilefish * zebra tilefish

    External links

    *("tilefish" on Wikipedia) *(Malacanthidae) * (Malacanthidae)