Balistes Explained
Balistes is a genus of triggerfish.
Species
There are currently five recognized species in this genus:[1]
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 |
| Balistes polylepis Steindachner, 1876 | finescale triggerfish | Pacific Coast of the Americas from San Francisco southwards to Callao, Peru and the Galapagos. |
| Balistes punctatus J. F. Gmelin, 1789 | bluespotted triggerfish | Eastern Atlantic. |
| 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 |
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Fossil species
- † Balistes dubius Blainville, 1818 (Middle Miocene)[2]
- † Balistes vegai Lopez, Carr & Lorenzo, 2019 (Miocene)[3]
Notes and References
- Taxonomy and systematics of tetraodontiform fishes: a review focusing primarily on progress in the period from 1980 to 2014. 2014. Matsuura. Keiichi. Ichthyological Research. 62. 1. 72–113. 254172132. 10.1007/s10228-014-0444-5. free.
- 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 . 10.1080/08912963.2019.1580278 . 0891-2963.