Balistes

Balistes
Temporal range: Late Oligocene to present
Balistes vetula
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Tetraodontiformes
Family: Balistidae
Genus: Balistes
Linnaeus, 1758
Type species
Balistes vetula
Linnaeus, 1758
Synonyms

Balistes is a genus of triggerfish.

Species

Four species are recognized in this genus:

Fossil species

Species information

Grey triggerfish

The grey triggerfish is a species of triggerfish. It is a small fish, usually less than 2.3 kg (5.1 lb). The premaxilla and maxilla form a robust unit and this in turn is attached by a ligament to the vomer and ethmoid. The upper jaw, however, is not protrusible.

Finescale triggerfish

The finescale triggerfish is a kind of triggerfish that is found in the Pacific coast of the Americas from northern California southwards to central Chile, including the Galápagos Islands.

Balistes dubius

Bluespotted triggerfish

The bluespotted triggerfish is a species of triggerfish from the Eastern Atlantic.

Queen triggerfish

The queen triggerfish is a triggerfish found in the Atlantic Ocean. It is blue, purple, turquoise and green with a yellowish throat, and light blue lines on the fins and head.

References

  1. 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.
  2. "Balistes". WetWebMedia.
  3. Matsuura, Keiichi (2014). "Taxonomy and systematics of tetraodontiform fishes: a review focusing primarily on progress in the period from 1980 to 2014". Ichthyological Research.
  4. "Gray Triggerfish". NOAA Fisheries.
  5. 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.
Balistes vegai

Other websites

  1. ↑ 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. Bibcode:2020HBio...32.1290V. doi:10.1080/08912963.2019.1580278. ISSN 0891-2963.
  2. ↑ Fricke, Ron; Eschmeyer, William N. & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Balistidae". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 18 October 2024.