Balistes capriscus Gmelin, 1789

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy: Rank
SPECIES: Published in
Gmelin, J.F. (1789). Amphibia - Pisces. In: Gmelin J.F. (Ed.) Caroli a Linnaei Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Ed. 13. Tome 1(3). G.E. Beer, Lipsiae [Leipzig]. pp. 1033-1516.

Classification

kingdom
Animalia: phylum
Chordata: order
Tetraodontiformes: family
Balistidae: genus
Balistes: species
Balistes capriscus

Name

Synonyms: Balistes buniva Lacepède, 1803; Balistes caprinus Valenciennes, 1839; Balistes capriscus Gronow, 1854; Balistes capriscus Walbaum, 1792; Balistes carolinensis Gmelin, 1789; Balistes carolinensis Gronow, 1854; Balistes caroliniensis Gmelin, 1789; Balistes forcipatus Gmelin, 1789; Balistes fuliginosus DeKay, 1842; Balistes moribundus Cope, 1871; Balistes powellii Cope, 1870; Balistes spilotopterygius Walbaum, 1792; Balistes taeniopterus Poey, 1860; Balististes carolinensis Gmelin, 1789; Nematobalistes forcipatus (Gmelin, 1789)
Homonyms: Balistes capriscus Gmelin, 1789; Balistes capriscus Gronow, 1854; Balistes capriscus Walbaum, 1792
Common names: Almindelig aftrækkerfisk in Danish; Baliste Commune in French; Baliste Gris in French; Baliste cabri in French; Ballesta in Spanish; Bot in Spanish; Cachua in Spanish; Cachúa in Spanish; Cangulo-branco in Portuguese; Cocuyo in Spanish; Common Triggerfish in English; Cucuyo in English; Drückerfisch in German; Fanfré in French; Filefish in English; Filefish in English; Gray Triggerfish in English; Gray Triggerfish in English; Grey Triggerfish in English; Grey triggerfish in Portuguese; Grey triggerfish in English; Leatherjacket in English; Leatherjacket in English; Lija Moteada in Spanish; Old Wife in English; Peixe-porco in Portuguese; Peje Puerco in Spanish; Penolera in Spanish; Piesjie Porco in language.; Pig-faced in English; Pig-faced in English; Pishiporko trail in language.; Poisson à Gâchette in French; Poisson-gâchette in French; Poisson-porc in French; Puerco in Spanish; Pysgod Clicied in Welsh; Roncon in Spanish; Sabaco in Spanish; Schweinedrückerfisch in German; Sobaco in Spanish; Tapa Fallas in Spanish; Trigger Fish in English; Triggerfish in English; Turbot in English; Varraco in Spanish; almindelig aftrækkerfisk in language.; avtrekkerfisk in Norwegian Bokmål; avtrekkerfisk in Nynorsk, Norwegian; avtrekkerfisk in Norwegian Bokmål

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