Sealife guideThe turbotBalistes capriscus

Taxonomy
  • Common name: Turbot, triggerfish, leather-jacket, gray triggerfish
  • French name: Baliste cabri
  • Spanish name: Paz ballesta
  • Scientific name: Balistes capriscus (Gmelin, 1789)
  • Family name: Balistidae
  • Order name: Tetraodontiformes
  • Class name: Actinopterygii
Did you know ?
The turbot is listed as many other marine species within The IUCN Red List of threatened species. The turbot appears in the IUCN Red List since 2015 within the category Vulnerable !
The turbot (Balistes capriscus)
The turbot (Balistes capriscus) © | Dreamstime.com
Within the same genus
Queen triggerfish (Balistes vetula)
Queen triggerfish
(Balistes vetula)
Within the same family
Blue throated triggerfish (Xanthichthys auromarginatus)
Blue throated triggerfish
(Xanthichthys auromarginatus)
Yellowmargin triggerfish (Pseudobalistes flavimarginatus)
Yellowmargin triggerfish
(Pseudobalistes flavimarginatus)
Pinktail triggerfish (Melichthys vidua)
Pinktail triggerfish
(Melichthys vidua)
Orange striped triggerfish (Balistapus undulatus)
Orange striped triggerfish
(Balistapus undulatus)
Yellow-spotted triggerfish (Pseudobalistes fuscus)
Yellow-spotted triggerfish
(Pseudobalistes fuscus)
Redtooth triggerfish (Odonus niger)
Redtooth triggerfish
(Odonus niger)
Picasso triggerfish (Rhinecanthus aculeatus)
Picasso triggerfish
(Rhinecanthus aculeatus)
Titan triggerfish (Balistoides viridescens)
Titan triggerfish
(Balistoides viridescens)
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(Ostracion cubicus)
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