Sealife guideThe yellow-spotted triggerfishPseudobalistes fuscus
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
Blue throated triggerfish
(Xanthichthys auromarginatus)
Pinktail triggerfish
(Melichthys vidua)
Sargassum triggerfish
(Xanthichthys ringens)
Black triggerfish
(Melichthys niger)
Picasso triggerfish
(Rhinecanthus aculeatus)
Wedgetail triggerfish
(Rhinecanthus rectangulus)
Queen triggerfish
(Balistes vetula)
Titan triggerfish
(Balistoides viridescens)
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