Balistidae

Balistoides viridescens

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Tetraodontiformes

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii Infraclassis: Teleostei Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai Supercohors: Clupeocephala Cohors: Euteleosteomorpha Subcohors: Neoteleostei Infracohors: Eurypterygia Sectio: Ctenosquamata Subsectio: Acanthomorphata Divisio/Superordo: Acanthopterygii Subdivisio: Percomorphaceae Series: Eupercaria Ordo: Tetraodontiformes

Familia: Balistidae
Genera (12): Abalistes – Balistapus – Balistes – Balistoides – Canthidermis – Melichthys – Odonus – Pseudobalistes – Rhinecanthus – Sufflamen – Xanthichthys – Xenobalistes

Name

Balistidae A. Risso, 1810

References

• Fraser-Brunner, A. 1935: Notes on the Plectognath fishes.—I. A synopsis of the genera of the family Balistidae. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Series 10 15(90); 658-663. DOI: 10.1080/00222933508655016A
• Santini, F., Sorenson, L. & Alfaro, M. E.; 2013: A new multi-locus timescale reveals the evolutionary basis of diversity patterns in triggerfishes and filefishes (Balistidae, Monacanthidae; Tetraodontiformes). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 30 May 2013 DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2013.05.015

Links

• Balistidae – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
• Balistidae in the World Register of Marine Species
• Balistidae  and its species in FishBase,
  Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2024. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2024.
• Genera of Balistidae (including synonyms) in Catalog of Fishes, Eschmeyer, W.N., Fricke, R. & van der Laan, R. (eds.) 2024. Catalog of Fishes electronic version.

Vernacular names

Afrikaans: Snellervisse
català: Balístid
čeština: Ostencovití
Deutsch: Drückerfische
ދިވެހިބަސް: ރޮނޑު އާއިލާ
English: Triggerfishes, Filefishes
español: Cochitos
فارسی: فریباماهیان
suomi: Säppikalat
français: Balistes
magyar: Íjhalfélék
italiano: Pesce Balestra
日本語: モンガラカワハギ科
lietuvių: Raguotinės
Nederlands: Trekkervissen
norsk nynorsk: Avtrekkerfiskfamilien
norsk: Avtrekkerfiskfamilien
polski: Rogatnicowate
português: Peixe-porco
русский: Спинороговые
slovenčina: Ostňovcovité
svenska: Tryckarfiskar
ไทย: ปลาวัว, ปลางัว, ปลากวาง
中文: 鱗魨科

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