{"id":215221,"url":"https://www.kudos365.com/news/215221-picture-of-the-day-11-03-26-wikimedia-commons","short_url":"https://www.kudos365.com/news/215221","headline":"Picture of the Day 11/03/26 - Wikimedia Commons","content":"\u003cp\u003eOrange-lined triggerfish (Balistapus undulatus), Red Sea, Egypt. This demersal triggerfish has a maximum body size of about 30 centimetres (12 in) and is found across the Indo-western Pacific East Africa, Red Sea and Japan, typically in coral reefs ecosystems, coral lagoons, and external reef slopes within this area. Within coral reefs, the orange-lined triggerfish are more versatile than other triggerfish species and can be found at depths up to 50 metres (160 ft), although studies have found that they prefer depths of 2 to 8 metres (6 ft 7 in to 26 ft 3 in). It's an omnivorous feeder that can, because of its strong and heavy teeth, tackle a variety of benthic prey like cnidarians, molluscs, ctenophores, crustaceans, other fish, algae, and echinoderms. This species in particular, given its broad diet and distribution, is a crucial component in coral reef ecosystems through top-down control and especially through consumption of sea-urchin.\u003c/p\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003eDiego Delso, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons. \u003ca href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pez_ballesta_ondulado_(Balistapus_undulatus),_mar_Rojo,_Egipto,_2023-04-15,_DD_45.jpg\" title=\"View On WikiCommons\"\u003eView source.\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","content_plain":"Orange-lined triggerfish (Balistapus undulatus), Red Sea, Egypt. This demersal triggerfish has a maximum body size of about 30 centimetres (12 in) and is found across the Indo-western Pacific East Africa, Red Sea and Japan, typically in coral reefs ecosystems, coral lagoons, and external reef slopes within this area. Within coral reefs, the orange-lined triggerfish are more versatile than other triggerfish species and can be found at depths up to 50 metres (160 ft), although studies have found that they prefer depths of 2 to 8 metres (6 ft 7 in to 26 ft 3 in). It's an omnivorous feeder that can, because of its strong and heavy teeth, tackle a variety of benthic prey like cnidarians, molluscs, ctenophores, crustaceans, other fish, algae, and echinoderms. This species in particular, given its broad diet and distribution, is a crucial component in coral reef ecosystems through top-down control and especially through consumption of sea-urchin.\n        Diego Delso, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons. View source.","published_at":"2026-11-03T07:16:00-08:00","updated_at":"2026-11-03T09:41:29-08:00","author":{"type":"Person","name":"Photogems","url":"https://www.kudos365.com/profiles/100062-photogems"},"description":"Stay up-to-date with Photogems on Kudos365. View their photo published Nov/03/2026 on Photography. Browse your favorite topics and share your expertise, too.","type":"photo","image":"https://k365pi.imgix.net/47b8dc3b-3272-4967-9772-44c15024008a.jpg?auto=compress,format\u0026fit=max\u0026w=1200\u0026h=1200\u0026q=48","likes_count":1,"categories":[{"name":"Photography","url":"https://www.kudos365.com/categories/918-photography"}],"schema":{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"CreativeWork","url":"https://www.kudos365.com/news/215221-picture-of-the-day-11-03-26-wikimedia-commons","headline":"Picture of the Day 11/03/26 - Wikimedia Commons","image":"https://k365pi.imgix.net/47b8dc3b-3272-4967-9772-44c15024008a.jpg?auto=compress,format\u0026fit=max\u0026w=1200\u0026h=1200\u0026q=48","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Photogems","url":"https://www.kudos365.com/profiles/100062-photogems"},"datePublished":"2026-11-03T07:16:00-08:00","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":"https://schema.org/LikeAction","userInteractionCount":1}],"subjectOf":[{"@type":"Thing","name":"Photography","url":"https://www.kudos365.com/categories/918-photography"}]}}