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Filefish
Balistes capriscus Gmelin, 1789

kingdom Animalia - animals »  phylum Chordata - chordates »  class Actinopterygii - ray-finned fishes »  order Tetraodontiformes »  family Balistidae - triggerfishes »  genus Balistes

Scientific synonyms

Balistes buniva Lacépède, 1803
Balistes caprinus Valenciennes, 1839
Balistes carolinensis Gmelin, 1789
Balistes forcipatus Gmelin, 1789
Nematobalistes forcipatus (Gmelin, 1789)
Balistes fuliginosus DeKay, 1842
Balistes moribundus Cope, 1871
Balistes powellii Cope, 1870
Balistes spilotopterygius Walbaum, 1792
Balistes taeniopterus Poey, 1860

Other names

= Gray Triggerfish
= Leatherjacket

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IUCN category 2018-1:
Vulnerable VU

Images

Balistes capriscus - Filefish

Balistes capriscus - Filefish

Balistes capriscus - Filefish

Author: Ondřej Zicha

Balistes capriscus - Filefish

Balistes capriscus - Filefish

Author: Jirka Schmidt

Balistes capriscus - Filefish

Author: Klaus Rudloff

Balistes capriscus - Filefish

Author: Klaus Rudloff

Balistes capriscus - Filefish

Author: Klaus Rudloff

Balistes capriscus - Filefish

Author: Klaus Rudloff
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skull

Balistes capriscus - Filefish

Author: Pavel Zuber

Balistes capriscus - Filefish

Author: Pavel Zuber

Intertaxon relationships

predator: Coryphaena hippurus Linnaeus, 1758 - Common Dolphifish

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Links and literature

CH DE EN FR IT NL PR SP FishBase [7327]

Froese R., Pauly D. (eds.): FishBase [http://www.fishbase.org]
CZ AQUATAB. World Wide Web electronic publication [species/2871]

Plíštil J. (Ed.) (2009): AQUATAB. World Wide Web electronic publication [http://aquatab.net] [as Balistes capriscus Gmelin, 1789]
Data retrieved on: 17 January 2010
EN IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2018-1 [193736]

IUCN Red List of Threatened Species [http://www.iucnredlist.org/] [as Balistes capriscus Gmelin, 1789]
Data retrieved on: 2 August 2018
DE Zootier-Lexikon [2977:atlantik-drueckerfische-balistes-capriscus&Itemid=710]

Dollinger P.: Zootier-Lexikon
Data retrieved on: 26 May 2019
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