Animal Diversity Web

Xanthichthys mento

Blue-throat trigger

(Also: Crosshatch triggerfish; Redtail triggerfish)

Kingdom Animalia (animals)
- Eumetazoa (metazoans)
  - Bilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
    - Deuterostomia (deuterostomes)
      - Phylum Chordata (chordates)
        
        Craniata (craniates)
        
        Subphylum Vertebrata (vertebrates)
        
        Superclass Gnathostomata (jawed vertebrates)
        
        Euteleostomi (bony vertebrates)
        
        Class Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes)
        
        Order Tetraodontiformes
        
        Family Balistidae (Triggerfishes)
        
        Genus Xanthichthys
        
        Species Xanthichthys mento (Blue-throat trigger)