The black-spotted triggerfish is a marine fish with a high steep forehead and compressed body. It quickly buries itself in the sand on the seabed to hide from predators.
The black-spotted triggerfish differs from related species by its characteristic black spot and nearly vertical forehead. It is important for nature because it controls the population of small invertebrates on sandy bottoms.
Immature form that undergoes metamorphosis before adulthood.
Worker
head
Dorsal spine count
birth time
Submerges underwater to reach prey or food at depth.
Describes the act of excavating soil or substrate to locate or access food.
Pelagic Ocean
ambush
bottom
Dogs, dolphins, lynx hang out for 9-25 years and party on their birthday three times a year
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Map
will celebrate their {n} birthday
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When your next jubilee falls in {name} life years
Human
days
How old you would be if you lived as {name}
crustaceans
suction
Theoretical maximum lifespan estimated from the Dynamic Energy Budget (DEB) mathematical model. This value reflects a biological potential derived from metabolic parameters, not from direct observation — real recorded lifespans are often significantly shorter.
mollusks
small planktonic crustaceans — copepods, krill
adult
Maturity
sea urchins and stars
polychaetes
About health
marine coastal
When your next birthday would fall if you lived as {name}
Repro interval
results
Oceanian realm
Southeast Asia and islands, always hot and humid
Colors
Sex
Upcoming jubilees
Gremllins
diving
mo
Teeth color
Uses an excavated underground tunnel or chamber for refuge or nesting.
all seas and oceans
Trophic type
Filters
Upcoming birthdays
Truly long lives: 40-100 years. Bowhead whales, albatrosses, giant tortoises recall their birthday at most once a year
Lifespan
Oceanian realm
Age (from birth to death)
Foraging occurs on the floor of aquatic or terrestrial habitats.
most of Europe and Asia, various forests, steppes and tundra
Wanderers
far from shore, deep water, large whales and sharks live here
Black spot color
world of Australasia
Jubilee = every 10th birthday
Draws prey or water into the mouth by creating negative pressure.
Earliest developmental stage inside an egg or womb.
Business sausages
Lifespan average
What do they look like?
Maturity
emergence (insects)
end of lifespan
live echinoderms, sea stars, urchins, sea cucumbers
How do they live?
fertilization / egg laying
How do they behave?
birth / hatching
metamorphosis / end of larval stage
end of acceleration
Share
live snails, mussels, oysters
Find a pet...
Mature, fully developed individual capable of reproduction.
Egg count
Actively hunting and capturing live prey.
digging
where the river flows into the sea, slightly salty water, lots of fish and birds
65 to 130 grams, 25 – 60 centimeters
Pets
Indomalayan realm
Primary oral structure used to seize, manipulate, or ingest food.
Dorsal spine size
Indomalayan realm
Feeding occurs primarily on land or in vegetation.
reef edge
{name} jubilee
cm
Old-timers
Find an animal or breed...
mouth
turns
Rascals
hot Africa south of the desert, many savannas and forests
Teeth size
Litter size
Map data sources: Ecosystem classification — IUCN Global Ecosystem Typology (Keith et al., 2022), indicative distribution maps Keith et al. (2020), https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3546513; Large Marine Ecosystems — NOAA LME Program; Bathymetry — GEBCO Bathymetric Compilation Group (2026), GEBCO_2026 Grid, https://doi.org/10.5285/4f68d5c7-45eb-f999-e063-7086abc036fa; Climate data — Generated using Copernicus Climate Change Service information; Species occurrence data — GBIF.org, Derived dataset "all animals", https://zveriki.com/dataset/dataset.tsv; Terrestrial ecoregions — RESOLVE Ecoregions 2017 (Dinerstein et al., 2017), CC BY 4.0
How to care for them?
Living from 25 to 40 years. Orangutans, bald eagles, African elephants celebrate their birthday twice a year
°C
Not specified
Actively searching habitats to locate food items.
Egg color
Where are they found?
all seas and oceans
all rivers and lakes
Locomotion through water employed while searching for or capturing prey.
Legendary longevity: over 100 years. Galapagos tortoises, Greenland sharks, ocean quahogs celebrate with family once every 4 years
Offspring
Elders
Bro
Taxons
carnivore
if born as {name}
Forages within or on the surface of soil or substrate.
age
water is almost always warm, even in winter you can swim, very hot in summer
Predator remains still and concealed before launching a sudden attack.
birth date
Palearctic realm
swimming
Close
was
Career from 7 to 15 months. Dwarf hamsters, voles, field crickets celebrate their birthday twice a month
Marine world
The basics
My weight?
Non-stop carnival: they only live a few days. Mayflies, rotifers, midges celebrate their birthday more than twice a day
Dorsal spine color
primary food sources
burrow
Potential Habitat
suction
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In husbandry
On the go from 1.3 to 3.5 years. Forest mice, anoles, rainbow fish party on their birthday once a month
Feeding occurs in water bodies such as rivers, lakes, or oceans.
Mass
annelid polychaetes of marine habitats
Mosquitoes, fruit flies, small crustaceans hustle for up to 7 months and throw a birthday party every week
terrestrial
Body size
islands and part of Australia, many unusual animals and plants
aquatic
vision
Warm sea
{name} birthday
soil
No results found
underground
On the map
lunge
sand
all life stages
Female ♀
Body color
Map data sources: Ecosystem classification — IUCN Global Ecosystem Typology (Keith et al., 2022), indicative distribution maps Keith et al. (2020), https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3546513; Large Marine Ecosystems — NOAA LME Program; Bathymetry — GEBCO Bathymetric Compilation Group (2026), GEBCO_2026 Grid, https://doi.org/10.5285/4f68d5c7-45eb-f999-e063-7086abc036fa; Climate data — Generated using Copernicus Climate Change Service information; Species occurrence data — GBIF.org, Derived dataset "all animals", https://zveriki.com/dataset/dataset.tsv; Terrestrial ecoregions — RESOLVE Ecoregions 2017 (Dinerstein et al., 2017), CC BY 4.0
Potential habitat modelled from GBIF occurrence data. Map © Zveriki.com, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
birth year
Maturity
sq mm
yr
How similar?
Male ♂
until the celebration
age as {name}
How do they breed?
On the go from 3.5 to 6 years. Hedgehogs, crows, lizards treat themselves to birthday snacks 6 times a year
What if eaten?
Neither
Mouthpart modified to create suction for ingesting food or anchoring.
from birth to adulthood
What do they eat?
Where do they live?
Immature individual that has not yet reached reproductive maturity.
Marine world
early young
world of Afrotropics
River estuary into the sea
Freshwater
snout
Duration
many islands in the Pacific Ocean, warm seas and corals
saline marine habitat
This is me
searching and capturing on the sandy bottom
freshwater
Gamers
Teeth count
How are they built?
marine
shallow near the shore, water rises and falls, crabs live here
mm
Theoretical lifespan
ml
Stars
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coastal marine zone — shelf, neritic zone
My age?
wk
My size?
Asexual
swap
freshwater environment — rivers, lakes, ponds, swamps
Black spot count
Southeast Asia and islands, always hot and humid
active predation
Rabbits, falcons, red-eared turtles hang out for 6-9 years and party on their birthday four times a year
Where do they take shelter?
many islands in the Pacific Ocean, warm seas and corals
celebrated their {n} birthday
When you would have been born if you lived as {name}
Littoral Zone
Daddies
Lifespan maximum
Black spot size
foraging
Hermaphrodite ⚥
Primarily detects and locates food using eyesight.
embryo
Carrot
Length
kg
Rapid forward strike to seize prey.
Observations
◉{N} more on tap