Sealife guideThe turbotBalistes capriscus
Last updated on 04/19/2024 at 12:36 AM
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) © Peter Leahy | Dreamstime.com
Within the same genus
Queen triggerfish
(Balistes vetula)
(Balistes vetula)
Within the same family
Blue throated triggerfish
(Xanthichthys auromarginatus)
(Xanthichthys auromarginatus)
Ocean triggerfish
(Canthidermis sufflamen)
(Canthidermis sufflamen)
Orange striped triggerfish
(Balistapus undulatus)
(Balistapus undulatus)
Picasso triggerfish
(Rhinecanthus aculeatus)
(Rhinecanthus aculeatus)
Pinktail triggerfish
(Melichthys vidua)
(Melichthys vidua)
Redtooth triggerfish
(Odonus niger)
(Odonus niger)
Yellow-spotted triggerfish
(Pseudobalistes fuscus)
(Pseudobalistes fuscus)
Yellowmargin triggerfish
(Pseudobalistes flavimarginatus)
(Pseudobalistes flavimarginatus)
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