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Balistes
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Balistes

Balistes is a genus of marine ray-finned fishes belonging to the family Balistidae, the triggerfishes. The triggerfishes in this genus are found in the Atlantic and eastern Pacific Ocean.

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4 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 4 known species

Grey Triggerfish

speciesBalistes capriscus

Finescale Triggerfish

speciesBalistes polylepis

Queen Triggerfish

speciesBalistes vetula

Bluespotted Triggerfish

speciesBalistes punctatus

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In the old herbals & bestiaries

Balistes in The natural history of Carolina, Florida, and the Bahama Islands : containing two hundred a...

The natural history of Carolina, Florida, and the Bahama Islands : containing two hundred a...

Catesby, Mark, bioloog, kunstenaar · 1743 · p.75

Balistes in The Natural History of Carolina Florida and Bahama Islands Vol. 2

The Natural History of Carolina Florida and Bahama Islands Vol. 2

Mark Catesby · 1743 · p.73

Balistes in Mark Catesby — Piscium, serpentum, insectorum (pt. 1) (1750)

Mark Catesby — Piscium, serpentum, insectorum (pt. 1) (1750)

Mark Catesby · 1750 · p.73

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 49613.