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title: "Redtooth Triggerfish"
description: "Odonus niger — Pesci. The redtoothed triggerfish (Odonus niger) or"
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/it/animal/redtooth-triggerfish
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Redtooth Triggerfish

> Odonus niger — Pesci. The redtoothed triggerfish (Odonus niger) or
Niger triggerfish  is a triggerfish of the tropical Indo-Pacific area, and the sole member of its genus.

- Scientific name: *Odonus niger*
- Category: `fish` (Pesci)
- Habitats: `sea` (Mare e costa)
- iNaturalist observations: 2491
- Wikidata: [Q1342941](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1342941)
- iNaturalist taxon: [53669](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/53669)

## Names

- en: Redtooth Triggerfish
- de: Rotzahn-Drückerfisch
- es: Pejepuerco dentirojo
- fr: Baliste bleu
- nl: Roodtandtrekkervis
- pt: Peixe-porco-de-dentes-vermelhos
- pl: Balista czerwonozęba

## Countries with the most observations

ID (682), MV (320), PH (221), IN (106), PF (102), EG (78), PW (57), MY (55), FJ (49), ZA (42), OM (29), TH (18)

## Summary

The redtoothed triggerfish (Odonus niger) or
Niger triggerfish  is a triggerfish of the tropical Indo-Pacific area, and the sole member of its genus. Some other common names include redtooth triggerfish, Niger triggerfish, blue triggerfish, redfang triggerfish, and redtooth filefish.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Redtoothed_triggerfish

## Photo

![Redtooth Triggerfish](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/redtooth-triggerfish/medium.jpg)

Photo: Justin Philbois · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/277760168

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/redtooth-triggerfish?lang=it` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).