Starry triggerfish

The starry triggerfish (Abalistes stellaris), or flat-tailed triggerfish, is a tropical, harmless, oviparous bottom dweller, characterized by some white spots along the spinal dark band. The tail is dorsoventral and looks very thin, when looked upon in profile. There is a deep groove in front of the eye. The background colour is grey with olive green spots. Its mitochondrial DNA has been sequenced by the University of Tokyo, Japan. The name of the species has been recently changed to Abalistes stellatus and the author of the taxon is now 'Anonymous, 1798'. The species has also been recently differentiated from the closely related species Abalistes filamentosus.