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) © Peter Leahy | Dreamstime.com

Within the same genus

Queen triggerfish
(Balistes vetula)

Within the same family

Blue throated triggerfish
(Xanthichthys auromarginatus)

Pinktail triggerfish
(Melichthys vidua)

Orange striped triggerfish
(Balistapus undulatus)

Redtooth triggerfish
(Odonus niger)

Sargassum triggerfish
(Xanthichthys ringens)

Black triggerfish
(Melichthys niger)

Ocean triggerfish
(Canthidermis sufflamen)

Titan triggerfish
(Balistoides viridescens)

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