Canthidermis

{{Short description|Genus of fishes}} {{Automatic taxobox | name = ''Canthidermis'' | image = XRF-Canthidermis maculata.png | image_caption = ''Canthidermis maculata'' | taxon = Canthidermis | authority = Swainson, 1839 }}

'''''Canthidermis ''''' is a genus of triggerfishes commonly known as '''ocean triggerfishes'''.

==Species== There are currently 3 recognized species in this genus:<ref name="Matsuura2014">{{cite journal| title=Taxonomy and systematics of tetraodontiform fishes: a review focusing primarily on progress in the period from 1980 to 2014| date=2014| last1=Matsuura| first1=Keiichi| journal=Ichthyological Research| volume=62| issue=1| pages=72–113| s2cid=254172132| doi=10.1007/s10228-014-0444-5| doi-access=free}}</ref> * ''Canthidermis macrolepis'' Boulenger, 1888 (Large-scale triggerfish) * ''Canthidermis maculata'' Bloch, 1786 (Spotted oceanic triggerfish) * ''Canthidermis sufflamen'' Mitchill, 1815 (Ocean Triggerfish)

==Description== [[File:Canthidermis sufflamen (ocean triggerfish) (San Salvador Island, Bahamas) 1 (15965263309).jpg|thumb|''C. sufflamen'' (ocean triggerfish)|left]] These dark-colored triggerfishes are found in all the world's oceans in tropical and subtropical areas. They are absent in the Mediterranean. Unlike most triggerfish they are epipelagic.

They usually live far away from the coast in the microhabitat created by floating objects like trees, or branches, but also plastic wreck remains, ropes and other large flotsam and jetsam items.

There is still little research on the feeding and reproduction habits of these fish. They are rarely part of the catch unless the marine debris around which they live reaches some coastal area.<ref>{{FishBase species | genus = Canthidermis | species = maculata | month = February | year = 2015}}</ref>

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Category:Triggerfish Category:Marine fish genera Category:Taxa named by William Swainson