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Triggerfish vs Leatherjacket - What's the difference?

triggerfish | leatherjacket |

As nouns the difference between triggerfish and leatherjacket

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 leatherjacket is the larva of some crane flies.

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

    leatherjacket

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The larva of some crane flies
  • Any of several brightly coloured tropical fishes, of the family Balistidae, including the filefish and the triggerfish;
  • Any of several Atlantic fishes, of the genus , that have a leathery skin; leatherjack