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Grey Triggerfish

Balistes capriscus

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 16, February 12, March 18, April 29, May 41, June 45, July 48, August 41, September 30, October 23, November 12, December 10.
United States2,671
Alaska324
North Carolina256
Texas161
Portugal69
Alabama50
Massachusetts49
Canada47
South Carolina45
Spain44

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Physical

  • AquaticLives primarily in waterFrom its classification

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumChordates · Chordata
ClassRay-finned Fishes · Actinopterygii
OrderPuffers and Filefishes · Tetraodontiformes
FamilyTriggerfishes · Balistidae
GenusBalistes

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