AVAILABILITY NOTE
This fish is nearly impossible to obtain. Be prepared for a long wait and to jump on it immediately when available! Only a handful of these fish have ever been collected for the trade.
With a limited distribution and inhabiting particularly deep water, Xantyhicthys caeruleolineatus is rarely collected, and perhaps the most elusive of all triggerfish. Only a few specimens have been collected to date. Like the closely related crosshatch trigger, the Goldenback is wary initially in captivity, gaining confidence slowly, becoming a great aquarium fish. All specimens we have had have been a giant 12". Customers who've bough these fish all have the same reaction; "I though I had some huge fish, but this is HUGE! The visual impact of a fish this large can only be experienced in person. Not for the weak at pocketbook.
would be like lotto tying to get one.