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Finescale Triggerfish

Balistes polylepis

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Mexico.January 19, February 22, March 24, April 50, May 17, June 16, July 19, August 14, September 5, October 25, November 22, December 9.
Mexico242
United States175
Baja California Sur93
California88
Hawaii70
Ecuador57
Sonora45
Sinaloa42
Galápagos41
Baja California24

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

Sources

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