Balistidae

Deepwater Triggerfish

Rhinecanthus abyssus

Black tail base and stout teeth on Ryukyu reefs

• Black
• Temperate
• Northern Hemisphere
• Regional distribution
• Marine fish
• Pacific Ocean
• East Asia
• Deep-bodied
• Medium
• Temperate fish

Rhinecanthus abyssus is a species of triggerfish found in the West Pacific Ocean, where known from Sulawesi in Indonesian and around the Ryukyu Islands of Japan. It is found at depths ranging from 120–150 m (390–490 ft). It is the most recently described of 7 species in the genus Rhinecanthus.