reef triggerfish

Is Triggerfish Poisonous? If you are a victim of a triggerfish bite, don’t panic, says Doc Vikingo, a frequent Undercurrent contributor. “They are not venomous, nor do they carry any unusual marine pathogens. Are triggerfish dangerous to humans? The most dangerous of the triggerfishes are the tropical Indo-Pacific species Pseudobalistes fuscus and Balistotoides viridescens. …