Biology:Pseudobalistes

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Short description: Genus of fishes


Pseudobalistes
Balistidae - Pseudobalistes fuscus.jpg
Pseudobalistes fuscus
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Tetraodontiformes
Family: Balistidae
Genus: Pseudobalistes
Bleeker, 1865

Pseudobalistes is a genus of fish belonging to the family Balistidae.

Species

There are currently 3 recognized species in this genus:[1]

Image Scientific name Common Name Distribution
Yellow-margin triggerfish at Palmyra Atoll NWR (5123999534).jpg Pseudobalistes flavomarginatus Rüppell, 1829 Yellowmargin triggerfish Indo-Pacific from the Red Sea south to Natal, South Africa and east from southern Japan south to Indonesia, Philippines and Samoa
Blue Triggerfish - Pseudobalistes fuscus.jpg Pseudobalistes fuscus (Bloch & J. G. Schneider, 1801) blue triggerfish, rippled triggerfish, yellow-spotted triggerfish and blue-and-gold triggerfish Tropical Indo-Pacific, from the Red Sea to South Africa, Society Islands, southern Japan, Australia and New Caledonia.
Pseudobalistes naufragium.jpg Pseudobalistes naufragium D. S. Jordan & Starks, 1895 Stone triggerfish eastern Pacific, ranging from Baja California (Mexico) to Chile.

References

  1. Matsuura, Keiichi (2015). "Taxonomy and systematics of tetraodontiform fishes: A review focusing primarily on progress in the period from 1980 to 2014". Ichthyological Research 62: 72–113. doi:10.1007/s10228-014-0444-5. 

Wikidata ☰ Q2704473 entry