WoRMS taxon details
Balistidae Rafinesque, 1810
- Genus Abalistes Jordan & Seale, 1906
- Genus Balistapus Tilesius, 1820
- Genus Balistes Linnaeus, 1758
- Genus Balistoides Fraser-Brunner, 1935
- Genus Canthidermis Swainson, 1839
- Genus Melichthys Swainson, 1839
- Genus Odonus Gistel, 1848
- Genus Pseudobalistes Bleeker, 1865
- Genus Rhinecanthus Swainson, 1839
- Genus Sufflamen Jordan, 1916
- Genus Xanthichthys Kaup, 1856
- Genus Xenobalistes Matsuura, 1981
- Genus Balististes accepted as Balistes Linnaeus, 1758 (unaccepted > misspelling)
- Genus Balistopus accepted as Balistapus Tilesius, 1820 (misspelling)
- Genus Balsistes accepted as Balistes Linnaeus, 1758 (misspelling)
- Genus Melichtys accepted as Melichthys Swainson, 1839 (misspelling)
- Genus Melicthys accepted as Melichthys Swainson, 1839 (misspelling)
- Genus Nematobalistes Fraser-Brunner, 1935 accepted as Balistes Linnaeus, 1758
- Genus Oncobalistes Fowler, 1946 accepted as Melichthys Swainson, 1839
- Genus Pachynathus Swainson, 1839 accepted as Sufflamen Jordan, 1916
- Genus Rhineacanthus accepted as Rhinecanthus Swainson, 1839 (misspelling)
- Genus Verrunculus Jordan, 1924 accepted as Balistes Linnaeus, 1758
- Genus Xenodon Rüppell, 1836 accepted as Odonus Gistel, 1848
marine, brackish, terrestrial
Not documented
Description Distribution: Atlantic, Indian and Pacific Oceans. Usually compressed body. Pelvic fins fused to one spine. First dorsal...
Description Distribution: Atlantic, Indian and Pacific Oceans. Usually compressed body. Pelvic fins fused to one spine. First dorsal spine with locking mechanism. With 12 principal rays in caudal fin. 18 vertebrae. Upper jaw non-protrusible. Upper jaw usually with four teeth in outer and three in the inner series on each premaxillary. Capable of rotating eyeballs independently. Triggerfish normally swim by undulating their second dorsal and anal fins, but will use their tail for rapid bursts. Most triggerfishes are solitary diurnal carnivores. They lay demersal eggs in a nest which is aggressively guarded by the female. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2024). FishBase. Balistidae Rafinesque, 1810. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=125607 on 2024-04-19
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taxonomy source
Van Der Laan, R.; Eschmeyer, W. N.; Fricke, R. (2014). Family-group names of Recent fishes. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 3882(1): 1-230., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3882.1.1 [details] Available for editors 
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context source (PeRMS) Chirichigno, N.; Cornejo, M. (2001). Catálogo comentado de los peces marinos del Perú. <em>2ª ed. Instituto del Mar de Perú. Publicación Especial. Callao.</em> 314 p. [details]
basis of record van der Land, J.; Costello, M.J.; Zavodnik, D.; Santos, R.S.; Porteiro, F.M.; Bailly, N.; Eschmeyer, W.N.; Froese, R. (2001). Pisces, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 357-374 (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2024). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. <em>California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco.</em> Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2024., available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details]
[request] context source (PeRMS) Chirichigno, N.; Cornejo, M. (2001). Catálogo comentado de los peces marinos del Perú. <em>2ª ed. Instituto del Mar de Perú. Publicación Especial. Callao.</em> 314 p. [details]
basis of record van der Land, J.; Costello, M.J.; Zavodnik, D.; Santos, R.S.; Porteiro, F.M.; Bailly, N.; Eschmeyer, W.N.; Froese, R. (2001). Pisces, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 357-374 (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2024). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. <em>California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco.</em> Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2024., available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From other sources
Description Distribution: Atlantic, Indian and Pacific Oceans. Usually compressed body. Pelvic fins fused to one spine. First dorsal spine with locking mechanism. With 12 principal rays in caudal fin. 18 vertebrae. Upper jaw non-protrusible. Upper jaw usually with four teeth in outer and three in the inner series on each premaxillary. Capable of rotating eyeballs independently. Triggerfish normally swim by undulating their second dorsal and anal fins, but will use their tail for rapid bursts. Most triggerfishes are solitary diurnal carnivores. They lay demersal eggs in a nest which is aggressively guarded by the female. [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | triggerfishes | [details] |
| Japanese | モンガラカワハギ科 | [details] |
| Norwegian Bokmål | avtrekkerfiskfamilien | [details] |
| Norwegian Nynorsk | avtrekkerfiskfamilien | [details] |
| Swedish | tryckarfiskar | [details] |
