Sealife guideThe turbotBalistes capriscus
Last updated on 04/19/2024 at 12:36 AM
Taxonomy
English names
TurbotTriggerfishLeather-jacketGray triggerfish
French namesBaliste cabri
Spanish namesPaz ballesta
Scientific nameBalistes capriscus (Gmelin, 1789)
FamilyBalistidae
OrderTetraodontiformes
ClassActinopterygii
Did you know ?
The turbot is listed as many other marine species within The IUCN Red List of threatened species. The turbot appears in the IUCN Red List since 2015 within the category Vulnerable !
The turbot (Balistes capriscus) © Peter Leahy | Dreamstime.com
Within the same genus
Within the same family
Black triggerfishMelichthys niger
Blue throated triggerfishXanthichthys auromarginatus
Orange striped triggerfishBalistapus undulatus
Picasso triggerfishRhinecanthus aculeatus
Pinktail triggerfishMelichthys vidua
Sargassum triggerfishXanthichthys ringens
Titan triggerfishBalistoides viridescens
Yellow-spotted triggerfishPseudobalistes fuscus
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