Titan Triggers will chase anything out of its area absolutely anything. If a smaller trigger fish comes into its territory it will vigorously chase it away.Īs mentioned, Titan Trigger Fish tend not to be too bothered around divers unless, and this is a big unless, they are sat on their nest guarding their young, then its hammer-time. They are a solitary fish, but on the odd occasion you may see a couple of them together.
Normally they do not care too much about divers, unless you get too close to them when they are feeding, they will spin their eyes at you, either carry on chomping on the delicate reef or just swim away. And once they have chosen their target nothing will stop it from its goal, nothing. This does not bother the trigger in the slightest. If you have ever touched one of these sea urchins, you will know just how sharp their spines are, they are just like hypodermic needles. They love nothing better to get their teeth into the long spiny sea urchins that litter the bottom of many dive site here in Thailand. They will feed stood on their heads while chomping at anything that they think will offer food. Its eyes can move around independently from one another, they actually look like they have veins in the eyes. The Titan Trigger Fish coloration is a dirty yellow body, rimmed by black around its relatively small fins. They are usually followed by a small group of other fish like wrasse and other smaller fish, who hope to take advantage of the titan’s feeding maneuvers.
They feed by blowing water into the sand, removing old pieces of coral from the sand and chomping on it, looking for hidden worms. These strange behaving fish are seen on almost every reef dive in Thailand, they are quite easy to spot too. They get their name from the dorsal fin which it points up whenever it is threatened or when it is sleeping, it then locks itself in between the rocks and crevices for safety. The Titan usually is seen during the day while diving in Thailand, feeding on sea urchins, hard Corals, crustaceans and tube worms. This fish is disc shaped and is packed with solid muscle. The Titan Trigger fish is the largest member of the Trigger fish family they can reach almost a meter in length.
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