Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Chordata > Subphylum Vertebrata > Superclass Gnathostomata > Superclass Pisces > Class Actinopterygii > Order Tetraodontiformes > Family Balistidae > Genus Balistes

Balistes capriscus Gmelin, 1789

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Balistes*	Linnaeus, 1758	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Balistes capriscus*	Gronow, 1854	later homonym
*Balistes capriscus*	Gronow, 1854	synonym
*Balistes carolinensis*	Gmelin, 1789	synonym
*Balistes carolinensis*	Gronow, 1854	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Bokmål (Norwegian): avtrekkerfisk sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Dutch: grijze trekkervis

English: gray triggerfish; grey trigger-fish; leather-jacket; triggerfish sources: North-West Atlantic Ocean species (NWARMS);PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points;Davidson, A. (2001). North Atlantic fish cookbook [Noord-Atlantisch viskookboek]. Scepter: Bussum, The Netherlands. ISBN 90-72653-14-9. 556 pp.;Wheeler, A. (1992). A list of the common and scientific names of fishes of the British Isles. J. Fish Biol. 41(Suppl. A): 1-37

English-United States: Grey Trigger-fish sources: Charles Hussey

French: baliste sources: Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France. 307 pp.

Greek: Βαλιστής sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Norwegian Bokmål: avtrekkerfisk

Norwegian Nynorsk: avtrekkerfisk

Nynorsk (Norwegian): avtrekkerfisk sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Russian: Рыба курок sources: A.Boltachev & E. Karpova, IBSS NAS Ukraine

Spanish, Castillian: pejepuerco blanco sources: Nelson, J.S.; Crossman, E.J.; Espinosa-Pérez, H.; Findley, L.T.; Gilbert, C.R.; Lea, R.N.; Williams, J.D. (2004). Common and scientific names of fishes from the United States, Canada and Mexico Special Publication. American Fisheries Society, 29 American Fisheries Society: Bethesda. ISBN 1-888569-61-1. 386 + CD-Rom pp.

Swedish: grå tryckarfisk sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Ukrainian: Риба курок sources: A.Boltachev & E. Karpova, IBSS NAS Ukraine

Welsh: pysgodyn clicied

Literature

original description	Gmelin, J.F. (1789). Caroli a Linné ... Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species; cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio decimo tertia, aucta, reformata. 3 vols. in 9 parts. Lipsiae, 1788-93. v. 1 (pt 3), pp 1033-1516.
basis of record	Eschmeyer, W.: Catalog of fishes; California Academy of Sciences, department Ichtyology.
additional source	Fishbase
additional source	Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France. 307 pp.
additional source	FishBase, version december 2007
additional source	FishBase, version may 2009
additional source	FishBase, version october 2012
additional source	Dyntaxa (2013) Swedish Taxonomic Database. Accessed at www.dyntaxa.se [15-01-2013].
source of synonymy	Eschmeyer, W.: Catalog of fishes; California Academy of Sciences, department Ichtyology.

Genbank

Link to Genbank

Taxonomy

FishBase
WoRMS

External Links

Biodiversity Heritage Library (260 publications)
FishBase
Barcode of Life (23 barcodes)
Marine Life Information Network - UK
GBIF

Citation

Bailly, N. (2014). Balistes capriscus Gmelin, 1789. In: Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2014) FishBase. In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:154721