A black triggerfish that occurs worldwide in tropical seas.
黑扳机鲀，黑炮弹
Melichthys niger, family Balistidae
Example sentencesExamples
Here, where currents from South America and the Atlantic clash and dump their plankton load, pelagics share the reefs with the ubiquitous black durgons, queen angelfish and Creole wrasse.
Divers will find lots of black durgons and yellow tail snappers here.
Atlantic spade fishes and black durgons patrol over the reef.
Barracuda hovered overhead or patrolled the deck, while black durgons flitted like shadows inside a wheelhouse lined with brilliant red and golden sponges.
Also known as black durgon, this fish is a striking blue - black, with distinctive white lines tracing its tail end at the base of the dorsal and anal fins.
Origin
1950s: durgon perhaps from English dialect durgan or durgen ‘undersized person or animal’.