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Queen Triggerfish

Balistes vetula

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Mexico.January 1, February 2, March 3, April 3, May 2, June 1, July 5, August 7, September 3, October 3, November 3, December 3.
United States321
Mexico36
Quintana Roo35
Texas11
Alabama8
Mississippi6
North Carolina5
Brazil4
Canada3
Nova Scotia3

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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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