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Balistes
Linnaeus, 1758
- triggerfish
(fish)
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Entity:
Balistidae (Family) - triggerfishes
..Abalistes (Genus)
..†Acanthoderma (Genus)
..Balistapus (Genus)
..Balistoides (Genus)
..Canthidermis (Genus)
..Melichthys (Genus)
..Odonus (Genus)
..Pseudobalistes (Genus)
..Rhinecanthus (Genus)
..Sufflamen (Genus)
..Xanthichthys (Genus)
..Xenobalistes (Genus)
..Balistes (Genus) - triggerfish
....Balistes capriscus (Species)
....Balistes ellioti (Species)
....Balistes polylepis (Species) - finescale triggerfish
....Balistes punctatus (Species) - bluespotted triggerfish
....Balistes rotundatus (Species)
....Balistes vetula (Species) - queen triggerfish
....Balistes willughbeii (Species)
Authorship
SN2000 author citation
:
C. Linnaeus, 1758
Original name, rank & spelling
:
Linnaeus, C. 1758.
Syst. Nat.
(ed. 10)
1
: 327.
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Types
Type of
:
Balistidae
(Family)
Rafinesque, 1810
Ref:
J.S. Nelson, 2006
: 454; [<29 Feb 2024].
[inferred]
Type of
:
Balistoidea
(Superfamily)
Ref:
J.S. Nelson, 2006
: 454; 29 Feb 2024.
[inferred]
Variants
Unavailable name
:
Balistes
(Genus)
nom. inval.
Synonyms
Including
:
Capriscus
(Genus)
Röse, 1793
Ref:
W.N. Eschmeyer, 2004-2016
: 7 Jun 2012.
Including
:
Capriscus
(Genus)
Rafinesque, 1810, nom. illeg.
Ref:
W.N. Eschmeyer, 2004-2016
: 7 Jun 2012.
Vernacular Names (English)
Full name
:
triggerfish
Ref:
I.V. Volvenko et al., 2020
: 6.
Vernacular Names (Russian)
Full name
:
Спинорог [Spinorog]
Ref:
I.V. Volvenko et al., 2020
: 6.
:
балист [balist]
Ref:
I.V. Volvenko et al., 2020
: 6.
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28 Aug 2026