Sealife guideThe yellow-spotted triggerfishPseudobalistes fuscus
Last updated on 03/11/2024 at 11:40 PM
Taxonomy
- Common name: Yellow-spotted triggerfish, blue triggerfish
- French name: Baliste à rides bleues
- Spanish name: Pez ballesta azul
- Scientific name: Pseudobalistes fuscus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
- Family name: Balistidae
- Order name: Tetraodontiformes
- Class name: Actinopterygii
Did you know ?
The yellow-spotted triggerfish is listed as many other marine species within The
IUCN Red List of threatened species. The yellow-spotted triggerfish appears in the
IUCN Red List since 2022 within the category Least Concern !
Within the same genus
Yellowmargin triggerfish
(Pseudobalistes flavimarginatus)
Within the same family
Black triggerfish
(Melichthys niger)
Orange striped triggerfish
(Balistapus undulatus)
Picasso triggerfish
(Rhinecanthus aculeatus)
Queen triggerfish
(Balistes vetula)
Sargassum triggerfish
(Xanthichthys ringens)
Titan triggerfish
(Balistoides viridescens)
Turbot
(Balistes capriscus)
Wedgetail triggerfish
(Rhinecanthus rectangulus)
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(Myrichthys breviceps)
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(Halichoeres melanurus)
Yellow and blueback fusilier
(Caesio teres)
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(Caesio suevica)
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