Back Gelapte snellervis Afrikaans اسماك الشعاب المرجانيه ARZ Rhinecanthus rectangulus Catalan Rhinecanthus rectangulus CEB Diamant-Picassodrückerfisch German Rhinecanthus rectangulus Spanish Rhinecanthus rectangulus Basque فریباماهی آبسنگ Persian Kiilasäppikala Finnish Baliste écharpe French
| Reef triggerfish | |
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| An illustration of the fish present on the fishes of Hawaii made in 1852 | |
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| Rhinecanthus rectangulus, X-ray image | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Tetraodontiformes |
| Family: | Balistidae |
| Genus: | Rhinecanthus |
| Species: | R. rectangulus
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| Binomial name | |
| Rhinecanthus rectangulus (Bloch & J. G. Schneider, 1801)
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The reef triggerfish (Rhinecanthus rectangulus), also known as the rectangular triggerfish, wedgetail triggerfish[2] or by its Hawaiian name humuhumunukunukuāpuaʻa (pronounced [ˈhumuˈhumuˈnukuˈnukuˈwaːpuˈwɐʔə], meaning 'triggerfish with a snout like a pig',[3] also spelled humuhumunukunukuapua'a or just humuhumu for short), is one of several species of triggerfish. It is found at reefs in the Indo-Pacific[4] and is the state fish of Hawaii.
- ^ Matsuura, K. (2022). "Rhinecanthus rectangulus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2022: e.T193713A2264564. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2022-2.RLTS.T193713A2264564.en. Retrieved 9 February 2023.
- ^ "Wedgetail Triggerfish - Rhinecanthus rectangulus - Triggerfishes - Reef Triggerfish - Hawaii Reefs". reefguide.org. Retrieved 2020-03-01.
- ^ humuhumunukunukuapua'a. humuhumunukunukuapua'a. (n.d.) American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. (2011). Accessed on The Free Dictionary. Retrieved on 2015-05-18.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2005). "Rhinecanthus rectangulus" in FishBase. December 2005 version.
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