Blackbar triggerfish

The Hawaiian name for the fish, humu­humu­nuku­nuku­āpua‘a , also spelled humuhumu-nukunuku-a-pua‘a or just humuhumu for short shares the same name with the Reef triggerfish, the state fish of Hawaii.

The Blackbar triggerfish lives in the reef-associated, marine, depth range 0 - 50 m environment.

blackbar triggerfish, the Picassofish, and the Jamal, is a triggerfish, up to 30 cm in length, found on reefs in the Indo-Pacific region. More

Blackbar Triggerfish can grow up to 30 cm what is approximately 11 inches. So 1 specimen requires at least 3600cm2 of water surface what is approximately 558 square inch. We recommend you to keep it in fish tanks which are large. More

Blackbar Triggerfish, Lagoon Humu, Lagoon Triggerfish, Painted Trigger, Picasso, Picasso Fish, Picasso Triggerfish, Picassofish, Prickly Triggerfish, Striped Triggerfish, White-Banded Possum Wrasse, White-Banded Triggerfish, White-Barred Triggerfish, Whitebanded Triggerfish, Whitebarred Triggerfish Common Names in French: More

Common names

'O'iri 'uo'uo in Tahitian (Reo Mā`ohi)
Ampapagot in Tagalog
Ampapagot in Visayan
Baliste picasso in French (français)
Bbubesh in Austronesian (Other)
Bbubesh in Carolinian
Bibigo in Gela
Blackbar triggerfish in English
Bourse corail in Creole, French
Bourse corail in Creoles and Pidgins, French
Bourse mayar in Creole, French
Bourse mayar in Creoles and Pidgins, French
Bub in Marshall
Bub in Marshallese (Kajin M̧ajeļ)
cumu tina ni gone in Fijian (vosa Vakaviti)
Dibu in Kumak
Fambil in Creole, Portuguese
Fambil in Creoles and Pidgins, Portuguese
Fambil in Portuguese (Português)
Furondu in Mahl
Gabulhi rondu in Maldivian
Gona in Swahili (Kiswahili)
Gursh in Arabic (‫العربية)
Horotahora in Tuamotuan
Humu in Other
Humu tagarova in Other
Humuhumu in Austronesian (Other)
Humuhumu in Carolinian
Humuhumu nukunuku a puaa in Hawaiian
Humuhumu nukunuku apua'a in Hawaiian
Imim in Marshall
Imim in Marshallese (Kajin M̧ajeļ)
Kaputput in Tagbanwa Calamian
Kokiri horatahora in Tuamotuan
Lagoon humu in English
Lagoon triggerfish in English
Liele in Marshall
Liele in Marshallese (Kajin M̧ajeļ)
Mol kotah in Sinhalese (සිංහල)
Murasame-mongara in Japanese (日本語)
Murasamemongara in Japanese (日本語)
Painted trigger in English
Pakol in Cebuano
Pakol in Davawenyo
Pakol in Tagalog
Pakol in Waray-waray
Pakoy in Tagalog
Papagot in Visayan
Papakol in Tagalog
Peixe-gatilho in Portuguese (Português)
Peixe-porco in Portuguese (Português)
Picasso in English
picasso fish in English
Picasso triggerfish in English
Picassofisch in German (Deutsch)
Picassofish in English
Picassofisk in Danish (dansk)
Picassofisk in Swedish (Svenska)
Pogot in Other
Porco in Portuguese (Português)
Porco estriado in Portuguese (Português)
Ppwupwér in Austronesian (Other)
Ppwupwér in Carolinian
Prickly triggerfish in English
Puggot in Maranao/Samal/Tao Sug
Puggot in Tagalog
Pugot in Bikol
Pugot in Cebuano
Pugot in Davawenyo
Ratoo ptoobarah in Sinhalese (සිංහල)
Rhinecanthus aculeatus in Catalan (Català)
Rhinecanthus aculeatus in French (français)
Rinekant kolyuchiy in Russian (русский язык)
Rogatnica picasso in Polish (polski)
striped triggerfish in English
Subagyo in Visayan
Sumu-uo'uo in Samoan (gagana fa'a Samoa)
Swartbalk-snellervis in Afrikaans
Te bubunabanaba in Gilbertese
Te bubunabanaba in Kiribati
Triger matahari in Malay (bahasa Melayu)
Vellakkaratti in Malayalam (മലയാളം)
White-banded triggerfish in English
White-barred triggerfish in English
Whitebanded triggerfish in English
Whitebarred triggerfish in English
വെള്ളക്കരട്ടി in Malayalam (മലയാളം)
叉斑銼鱗魨 in Mandarin Chinese
叉斑锉鳞鲀 in Mandarin Chinese
叉斑鱗魨 in Mandarin Chinese
叉斑鳞鲀 in Mandarin Chinese
尖吻棘魨 in Mandarin Chinese
尖吻棘鲀 in Mandarin Chinese
배주름쥐치 in Korean (한국어)

Order : Tetraodontiformes
Family : Balistidae
Genus : Rhinecanthus
Species : Rhinecanthus aculeatus
Authority : Linnaeus, 1758