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)

Within the same family

Black triggerfish
(Melichthys niger)

Blue throated triggerfish
(Xanthichthys auromarginatus)

Orange striped triggerfish
(Balistapus undulatus)

Pinktail triggerfish
(Melichthys vidua)

Sargassum triggerfish
(Xanthichthys ringens)

Titan triggerfish
(Balistoides viridescens)

Wedgetail triggerfish
(Rhinecanthus rectangulus)

Yellow-spotted triggerfish
(Pseudobalistes fuscus)

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Black margate
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Eightband butterflyfish
(Chaetodon octofasciatus)

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(Diodon holocanthus)

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(Monotaxis heterodon)

Signalfin sandgoby
(Fusigobius signipinnis)

White-spotted puffer
(Arothron hispidus)

Yellowhead jawfish
(Opistognathus aurifrons)

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