Belgian Register of Marine Species - Balistes capriscus Gmelin, 1789

Deep-Sea taxon details

Balistes capriscus Gmelin, 1789

To FishBase images (<i>Balistes carolinensis</i>, by Patzner, R.)

To FishBase images (Balistes carolinensis, by Patzner, R.)

AphiaID

154721 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:154721)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Balistes Linnaeus, 1758

Orig. name

Balistes capriscus Gmelin, 1789

Synonymised names

Balistes carolinensis Gmelin, 1789 · unaccepted

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Original description

Gmelin, J.F. (1789). Amphibia - Pisces. In: Gmelin J.F. (Ed.) Caroli a Linnaei Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Ed. 13. Tome 1(3). G.E. Beer, Lipsiae [Leipzig]. pp. 1033-1516. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25749426 [details]

Descriptive notes

Distribution Western Atlantic: Nova Scotia (Canada), Bermuda, and northern Gulf of Mexico to Argentina; observed in Trundy Reef, Cape...

Distribution Western Atlantic: Nova Scotia (Canada), Bermuda, and northern Gulf of Mexico to Argentina; observed in Trundy Reef, Cape Elizabeth, ME at 43o35.405N, 70o11.902W (photo ID verified by LVG 7 Aug 2008) [details]

Taxonomic citation

Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2024). FishBase. Balistes capriscus Gmelin, 1789. Accessed through: Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2024) World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS) at: https://www.marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=154721 on 2024-05-08

Thematic species database citation

Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2024). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Balistes capriscus Gmelin, 1789. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/DeepSea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=154721 on 2024-05-08

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2005-04-19 07:59:47Z

created

Appeltans, Ward

2008-01-15 17:27:08Z

changed

Bailly, Nicolas

2008-02-28 13:41:07Z

changed

Bailly, Nicolas

[taxonomic tree]

original description Gmelin, J.F. (1789). Amphibia - Pisces. In: Gmelin J.F. (Ed.) Caroli a Linnaei Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Ed. 13. Tome 1(3). G.E. Beer, Lipsiae [Leipzig]. pp. 1033-1516. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25749426 [details]

original description (of Balistes carolinensis Gmelin, 1789) 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): 1033-1516 [Fishes on pp. 1126-1516].
page(s): 1468 [details]

context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]

context source (Bermuda) Smith-Vaniz, W. F.; Collette, B. B.; Luckhurst, B. E (1999). Fishes of Bermuda: History, zoogeography, annotated checklist, and identification keys (American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists - Special Publication No.4) . ASIH, 424 pp. [details]

basis of record Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2024). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco. Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2024., available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details]

additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2023). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (02/2023)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]

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., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/145561.pdf [details]

source of synonymy Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2024). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco. Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2024., available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details]

ecology source Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. Scientific Data. 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details]

Present

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

From other sources

Diet Feeds on benthic invertebrates like mollusks and crustaceans [details]

Habitat Inhabits bays, harbors, lagoons, and seaward reefs. [details]

Habitat nektonic [details]

Importance Social- Commercial, fishery, gamefish and aquarium fish [details]

Definitions

Language	Name
Albanian	peshk derr [from synonym]	[details]
Basque	baleztarraina [from synonym]	[details]
Breton	peroked [from synonym]	[details]
Catalan	surer [from synonym]porcell [from synonym]peix ballesta [from synonym]	[details]
Croatian	kostorok [from synonym]	[details]
Dutch	trekkervisgrijze trekkervis	[details]
English	turbottrigger-fish [from synonym]triggerfishleather-jacketgrey triggerfish [from synonym]gray triggerfish	[details]
Finnish	säppikala [from synonym]	[details]
French	perroquet [from synonym]cochon de mer [from synonym]baliste perroquet [from synonym]baliste commun [from synonym]baliste cabri [from synonym]baliste	[details]
German	Schweinedrückerfisch [from synonym]Drückerfisch [from synonym]	[details]
Italian	pesce porco [from synonym]pesce balestra [from synonym]	[details]
Maltese	hmar [from synonym]	[details]
Norwegian	avtrekkerfisk [from synonym]	[details]
Norwegian Bokmål	avtrekkerfisk	[details]
Norwegian Nynorsk	avtrekkerfisk	[details]
Polish	rogatnica [from synonym]	[details]
Portuguese	peixe-porcocangulo	[details]
Romanian	balista [from synonym]	[details]
Russian	Рыба курок	[details]
Serbian	mihaca [from synonym]	[details]
Slovenian	balestra [from synonym]	[details]
Spanish	pez ballestapejepuerco blancopampo [from synonym]escopeta [from synonym]	[details]
Swedish	gråtryckarfiskgrå tryckarfisk	[details]
Turkish	çütre balığı [from synonym]çotira [from synonym]	[details]
Ukrainian	Риба курок	[details]