Balistes is a genus of triggerfish.
| Balistes | |
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| Balistes capriscus | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Tetraodontiformes |
| Family: | Balistidae |
| Genus: | Balistes Linnaeus, 1758 |
| Type species | |
| Balistes vetula | |
Species edit
There are currently five recognized species in this genus:[3]
| Image | Scientific name | Common Name | Distribution |
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Balistes capriscus J. F. Gmelin, 1789 | grey triggerfish | western Atlantic from Nova Scotia to Argentina and also the eastern Atlantic, the Mediterranean Sea and off Angola on the west coast of Africa. |
| Balistes ellioti Day, 1889 | Elliot's filefish | Indian Ocean, India | |
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Balistes polylepis Steindachner, 1876 | finescale triggerfish | Pacific Coast of the Americas from San Francisco southwards to Callao, Peru and the Galapagos. |
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Balistes punctatus J. F. Gmelin, 1789 | bluespotted triggerfish | Eastern Atlantic. |
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Balistes vetula Linnaeus, 1758 | queen triggerfish | Western Atlantic, it ranges from Canada to southern Brazil, and in the eastern Atlantic it is found at Ascension, Cape Verde, Azores and south to Angola |
Fossil species edit
Restoration of B. dubius. - † Balistes vegai Lopez, Carr & Lorenzo, 2019 (Miocene)[5]
References edit
- ^ L. F. de Beaufort. 1926. On a collection of marine fishes from the Miocene of South Celebes. In H. A. Brouwer (ed.), Geologische Onderzoekingen in den Oostelijken Oost-Indischen Archiepel 117-148
- ^ C. A. Laurito, C. Calvo, A. L. Valerio, A. Calvo, and R. Chacón. 2014. "Ictiofauna del Mioceno inferior de localidad de Pacuare des Tres Equis, Formación Río Banao, Provincia de Cartago, Costa Rica, y descripción de un nuevo género y una Nueva Especie de Scaridae". Revista Geológica de América Central 50:153-192
- ^ Matsuura, Keiichi (2014). "Taxonomy and systematics of tetraodontiform fishes: a review focusing primarily on progress in the period from 1980 to 2014". Ichthyological Research. 62 (1): 72–113. doi:10.1007/s10228-014-0444-5. S2CID 254172132.
- ^ Ortwin Schultz, 2004. "A Triggerfish (Osteichthyes: Balistidae: Balistes) from the Badenian (Middle Miocene) of the Vienna and the Styrian Basin (Central Paratethys)". Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien, 106 A.
- ^ Viñola Lopez, Lazaro W.; Carr, Richard; Lorenzo, Logel (2020-10-20). "First occurrence of fossil Balistes (Tetradontiformes: Balistidae) from the Miocene of Cuba with the description of a new species and a revision of fossil Balistes". Historical Biology. 32 (9): 1290–1299. doi:10.1080/08912963.2019.1580278. ISSN 0891-2963.
External links edit
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