Balistes vetula Linnaeus, 1758
- Dataset
- GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
- Rank
- SPECIES
- Published in
- Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. <em>Editio decima, reformata [10th revised edition], vol. 1: 824 pp. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae.</em>
Classification
- kingdom
- Animalia
- phylum
- Chordata
- order
- Tetraodontiformes
- family
- Balistidae
- genus
- Balistes
- species
- Balistes vetula
Name
- Synonyms
- Balistes bellus Walbaum, 1792
- Balistes equestris Gronow, 1854
- Balistes vetula trinitatis Nichols & Murphy, 1914
- Homonyms
- Balistes vetula Linnaeus, 1758
- Common names
- Baliste royal in French
- Baliste royal in French
- Ballesta Real in Spanish
- Ballesta reina in Catalan–Valencian
- Bourse in French
- Bourse in French
- Bousse in Haitian Creole
- Bousse mazarin in Haitian Creole
- Cachuda in Spanish
- Cachúa in Spanish
- Cach‚àö‚à´a in Spanish
- Cach√∫a in Spanish
- Cangulo in Portuguese
- Cangulo in Portuguese
- Cangulo Papo-amarelo in Portuguese
- Cangulo-azul in Portuguese
- Cangulo-do-alto in Portuguese
- Cangulo-fernande in Portuguese
- Cangulo-pintado in Portuguese
- Cangulo-real in Portuguese
- Cangulo-real in Portuguese
- Cangulo-rei in Portuguese
- Cangulo-rei in Portuguese
- Cangulo-verdadeiro in Portuguese
- Cangurro in Portuguese
- Capado in Portuguese
- Dronningeaftrækkerfisk in Danish
- Gatilho-rainha in Portuguese
- Keshomongara in Japanese
- Koningin trekkervis in Dutch
- Koningin-snellervis in Afrikaans
- Kärringfisk in Swedish
- Königin-Drückerfisch in German
- Kärringfisk in Swedish
- Kärringfisk in Swedish
- Lírio in Portuguese
- Lírio in Portuguese
- Lírio in Portuguese
- Ol'wife in English
- Old Wife in English
- Pakol in language.
- Pakoy in Tagalog
- Papakol in Tagalog
- Peixe Porco in Portuguese
- Peixe porco real in Galician
- Peixe-branco in Portuguese
- Peixe-gatilho in Portuguese
- Peixe-porco in Portuguese
- Peje Puerco in Spanish
- Pejepuerco Cachuo in Spanish
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