As adults the yellow patches diminish and latticed pattern is present on their back. As juveniles they have a black body with a yellow snout and back, white spots cover the majority of their body.
Physical Description– The appearance of clown triggers changes as they mature. A large system is required to accommodate their size and adequate filtration is essential to ensure good water quality due to the large amount of waste they produce. Naturally curious and always hungry, these fish may mistake your hand or arm for food so care should be taken when working in their tank.
Triggers may be trained to eat food out of your hand and many can even be trained to do tricks. As they get older they can eat more substantial food such as squid, clams on the half shell, and lance fish or silversides. At our Sustainable Islands project we feed our juvenile clown triggers our hatchery diet, brine, mysis, and krill. Triggerfish are carnivores and must be fed meaty foods, multiple times a day. It is best to acquire these fish at a small size because they usually recover faster from shipping, are easier to “train” when feeding, and have a better chance of remaining peaceful towards their tank mates.
Sought after for its unique coloration, dog-like personality, and impressive size, these fish make very entertaining pets if they are kept properly. The clown trigger, Balistoides conspicillum (Bloch & Schneider, 1801) is perhaps the most notorious of all triggerfish.
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