# Pez ballesta picasso arábigo (Rhinecanthus assasi), mar Rojo, Egipto, 2023-04-18, DD 22

- By: Diego Delso
- Date: 2023-04-18
- Classification: Photograph
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Assasi triggerfish (Rhinecanthus assasi), Red Sea, Egypt. This species of triggerfish reaches up to 30 centimetres (12 in) long, which makes them of the smallest in the family. It is tan above and white below with blue stripes between and below the eyes. R. assassi mostly lives in or near coral reefs. It occurs in the western Indian Ocean, including the Red Sea and Persian Gulf.