[organisms]
 see Clade Biota Wagner 2004 [Wiemann, de Queiroz, Rowe, Planavsky, Anderson, Gogarten, Turner & Gauthier 2020]
  
 Pisces
    
 Class Osteichthyes Huxley, 1880 - bony fishes and tetrapods
 see Clade Osteichthyes Huxley 1880 [Moore & Near 2020]
      
 Order Tetraodontiformes Berg, 1937 - plectognaths
        
 Family Balistidae Rafinesque, 1810 - triggerfishes
          
 Genus Balistes Linnaeus, 1758 - triggerfish
            
 1 Balistes carolinensis Gronow, 1854 - gray triggerfish
            
 2 Balistes punctatus Gmelin, 1789 - bluespotted triggerfish
            
 3 Balistes vetula Linnaeus, 1758 - queen triggerfish