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AquaKnight
04/15/2008, 05:16 PM
What is the trigger in MicrocosmAquariumExplorer.com's banner ad? Not sure what is, definitely some type of Xanthichthys, but I don't think a Blue Throat because of the blue in the caudal and anal fin. Or could it just be a really big blue throat with full coloration?

http://img147.imageshack.us/img147/8919/microcosmbanner468x60xx5.jpg

TheSaltwaterGuy
04/15/2008, 08:32 PM
From what I can see in the picture, it looks like a Bluethroat.

Monstrigity
04/15/2008, 08:47 PM
bluethroat

2dawghouse
04/15/2008, 10:29 PM
Its a Mako shark....Oh wait after second thought....it is a bluethroat.

danorth
04/16/2008, 12:02 AM
Bluethroat:

http://www.fishbase.org/images/species/Suchr_u5.jpg

Bluejaw:

http://www.wetwebmedia.com/FAQ%20Pix/Blue-jawTrig1.jpeg

JM68
04/16/2008, 12:09 AM
Bluethroat probably taken under actinics or possibly edited a little enhance the color. It is an advertising banner after all.

devils_rejects
04/16/2008, 12:13 AM
Blue jaw . . . Possibly a sargasium but unlikely .

AquaKnight
04/16/2008, 02:28 AM
Yep, it appears it's just a blue jaw (btw danorth, I would actually prefer Gilded trigger, but no one would know what I'm talking about ;)). I was just thrown by the colors, never have seen a bj with blue coloration in the anal fins.

danorth
04/16/2008, 02:56 PM
Hey I know that name too. The blue throat pic I posted is pretty cool though, never really see those for sale.

Triggers have a bunch of different names, but with this one, blue throat is a different fish all together, and figured I'd share a pic of one. I bet someone hasn't seen one before.

TheSaltwaterGuy
04/16/2008, 07:45 PM
<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=12339670#post12339670 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by danorth
Bluethroat:

http://www.fishbase.org/images/species/Suchr_u5.jpg

Bluejaw:

http://www.wetwebmedia.com/FAQ%20Pix/Blue-jawTrig1.jpeg

You know what I meant. :D