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Balistes vetula information


Queen triggerfish
Conservation status
Balistes vetula
Near Threatened  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Tetraodontiformes
Family: Balistidae
Genus: Balistes
Species:
B. vetula
Binomial name
Balistes vetula
Linnaeus, 1758
Synonyms
  • Balistes bellus Walbaum 1792
  • Balistes equestris Gronow 1854
  • Balistes vetula trinitatis Nichols & Murphy 1914

Balistes vetula, the queen triggerfish or old wife, is a reef dwelling triggerfish found in the Atlantic Ocean. It is occasionally caught as a gamefish, and sometimes kept in very large marine aquaria.

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