Bonaire; 2 weird fish vaguely like trigger fish?

[drrich2]

Hi:

Was in Bonaire last week & a buddy pointed out 2 roughly dinner plate-sized (at a guess) fish passing me aways shallower along the reef. The body form reminds me of a trigger fish, but the top & bottom fins don't quite look like those in trigger fish photos I see, and they moved them side-to-side rather like I think mola molas do.

Any idea what these are? I'm cropping the shots; didn't get a chance to get close for good shots.

Thanks in advance!

Richard.

 

[H2ODoc]

Ocean triggerfish? We saw one large one on Buddy's reef at dusk one day:

 

[farsidefan1]

If they are black with an electric blue line running along the base of the fins they are black durgeons. Except for the color which is actually hard to determine from the photo that is a perfect rendition, including the mola mola style movement.

 

[deborahdelamar]

Those are Ocean Triggerfish.

 

[akbpilot]

^+1... Definately Ocean Triggers

 

[drrich2]

Thanks, guys. Glad to know. I believe I've seen black durgeons before, which were quite attractive, but these guys were different.

Richard.

 

[EastEndDiver]

Ocean Triggerfish (Canthidermis sufflamen) definatly.