Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Chordata > Subphylum Vertebrata > Superclass Gnathostomata > Superclass Pisces > Class Actinopterygii > Order Tetraodontiformes > Family Balistidae > Genus Balistes

Balistes capriscus Gmelin, 1789

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Balistes*	Linnaeus, 1758	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Balistes capriscus Gronow, 1854*	Gronow, 1854	later homonym
*Balistes capriscus Gronow, 1854*	Gronow, 1854	synonym
*Balistes carolinensis*	Gmelin, 1789	synonym
*Balistes carolinensis*	Gronow, 1854	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Bokmål (Norwegian): avtrekkerfisk sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

English: gray triggerfish; leather-jacket; triggerfish; turbot sources: North-West Atlantic Ocean species (NWARMS);Davidson, A. (2001). North Atlantic fish cookbook [Noord-Atlantisch viskookboek]. Scepter: Bussum, The Netherlands. ISBN 90-72653-14-9. 556 pp.;Wheeler, A. (1992). A list of the common and scientific names of fishes of the British Isles. J. Fish Biol. 41(Suppl. A): 1-37

English-United States: Grey Trigger-fish sources: Charles Hussey

French: baliste sources: Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France. 307 pp.

Norwegian Bokmål: avtrekkerfisk

Norwegian Nynorsk: avtrekkerfisk

Nynorsk (Norwegian): avtrekkerfisk sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Portuguese: cangulo sources: Davidson, A. (2001). North Atlantic fish cookbook [Noord-Atlantisch viskookboek]. Scepter: Bussum, The Netherlands. ISBN 90-72653-14-9. 556 pp.

Spanish, Castillian: pez ballesta

Literature

original description	Gmelin, J.F. (1789). Caroli a Linné ... Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species; cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio decimo tertia, aucta, reformata. 3 vols. in 9 parts. Lipsiae, 1788-93. v. 1 (pt 3), pp 1033-1516.
basis of record	Eschmeyer, W.: Catalog of fishes; California Academy of Sciences, department Ichtyology.
additional source	Fishbase
additional source	Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France. 307 pp.
additional source	FishBase, version december 2007
additional source	FishBase, version may 2009
source of synonymy	Eschmeyer, W.: Catalog of fishes; California Academy of Sciences, department Ichtyology.

Genbank

Taxonomy

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External Links

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Link To GBIF

Citation

Bailly, N. (2012). Balistes capriscus Gmelin, 1789. In: Nicolas Bailly (2012). FishBase. In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2012) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:154721