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Pseudobalistes

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Pseudobalistes is a genus of fish belonging to the family Balistidae.

Species

キヘリモンガラ属

GENUS

  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumChordata
  3. ClassTeleostei
  4. OrderTetraodontiformes
  5. FamilyBalistidae
Habitatmarine, brackish
Observations recorded4,905

via GBIF

Museum specimens

Specimen records
5
Family
Balistidae
Collections
USNM, BPBM, AM, MAGNT
Recorded in
French Polynesia, Indonesia, Australia

Wikidata facts

Instance of
taxon
Parent taxon
triggerfish
Image
Maldives triggerfish (Pseudobalistes flavimarginatus).jpg
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Pseudobalistes is a genus of fish belonging to the family Balistidae.

==Species== There are currently 3 recognized species in this genus: {| class="wikitable" |- ! Image !! Scientific name !! Common name !! Distribution |- |120px || Pseudobalistes flavomarginatus Rüppell, 1829 ||Yellowmargin triggerfish|| Indo-Pacific from the Red Sea south to Natal, South Africa and east from southern Japan south to Indonesia, Philippines and Samoa |- |120px || Pseudobalistes fuscus (Bloch & J. G. Schneider, 1801) ||blue triggerfish, rippled triggerfish, yellow-spotted triggerfish and blue-and-gold triggerfish||Tropical Indo-Pacific, from the Red Sea to South Africa, Society Islands, southern Japan, Australia and New Caledonia. |- |120px || Pseudobalistes naufragium D. S. Jordan & Starks, 1895 ||Stone triggerfish|| eastern Pacific, ranging from Baja California (Mexico) to Chile. |- |}

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