WoRMS taxon details
Balistes capriscus Gmelin, 1789
154721 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:154721)
accepted
Species
Balistes buniva Lacepède, 1803 · unaccepted
Balistes caprinus Valenciennes, 1839 · unaccepted
Balistes capriscus Gronow, 1854 · unaccepted (ambiguous synonym; homonym)
Balistes carolinensis Gmelin, 1789 · unaccepted
Balistes carolinensis Gronow, 1854 · unaccepted (synonym)
Balistes caroliniensis Gmelin, 1789 · unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling
Balistes forcipatus Gmelin, 1789 · unaccepted
Balistes fuliginosus DeKay, 1842 · unaccepted
Balistes moribundus Cope, 1871 · unaccepted
Balistes powellii Cope, 1870 · unaccepted
Balistes spilotopterygius Walbaum, 1792 · unaccepted
Balistes taeniopterus Poey, 1860 · unaccepted
Balististes carolinensis Gmelin, 1789 · unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling
Nematobalistes forcipatus (Gmelin, 1789) · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Gmelin, J.F. (1789). Amphibia - Pisces. In: Gmelin J.F. (Ed.) Caroli a Linnaei Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Ed. 13. Tome 1(3). G.E. Beer, Lipsiae [Leipzig]. pp. 1033-1516. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25749426 [details]
Distribution Western Atlantic: Nova Scotia (Canada), Bermuda, and northern Gulf of Mexico to Argentina; observed in Trundy Reef, Cape...
Distribution Western Atlantic: Nova Scotia (Canada), Bermuda, and northern Gulf of Mexico to Argentina; observed in Trundy Reef, Cape Elizabeth, ME at 43o35.405N, 70o11.902W (photo ID verified by LVG 7 Aug 2008) [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2024). FishBase. Balistes capriscus Gmelin, 1789. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=154721 on 2024-08-21
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original description
Gmelin, J.F. (1789). Amphibia - Pisces. In: Gmelin J.F. (Ed.) Caroli a Linnaei Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Ed. 13. Tome 1(3). G.E. Beer, Lipsiae [Leipzig]. pp. 1033-1516. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25749426 [details]
original description (of Balistes carolinensis Gmelin, 1789) Gmelin, J. F. (1789). Caroli a Linné ... Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species; cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. <em>Editio decimo tertia, aucta, reformata. 3 vols. in 9 parts. Lipsiae,.</em> 1788-93. v. 1 (pt 3): 1033-1516 [Fishes on pp. 1126-1516].
page(s): 1468 [details]
original description (of Balistes buniva Lacepède, 1803) Lacepède, B.G.E. (1803). Histoire naturelle des poissons. Tome Cinquieme. 5(1-21): i-lxviii + 1-803 + index., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6335629
page(s): 668, 669, Pl. 21 (fig. 1) [details]
original description (of Balistes forcipatus Gmelin, 1789) Gmelin, J. F. (1789). Caroli a Linné ... Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species; cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. <em>Editio decimo tertia, aucta, reformata. 3 vols. in 9 parts. Lipsiae,.</em> 1788-93. v. 1 (pt 3): 1033-1516 [Fishes on pp. 1126-1516].
page(s): 1472 [details]
original description (of Balistes moribundus Cope, 1871) Cope, E. D. (1871). Contribution to the ichthyology of the Lesser Antilles. <em>Transactions of the American Philosophical Society (New Series).</em> v. 14 (pt 3) (art. 5): 445-483.
page(s): 478 [details]
original description (of Balistes spilotopterygius Walbaum, 1792) Walbaum, J. J. (1792). Petri Artedi sueci genera piscium. In quibus systema totum ichthyologiae proponitur cum classibus, ordinibus, generum characteribus, specierum differentiis, observationibus plurimis. Redactis speciebus 242 ad genera 52. Ichthyologiae pars III. <em>Ant. Ferdin. Rose, Grypeswaldiae [Greifswald].</em> Part 3: [i-viii] + 1-723, Pls. 1-3.
page(s): 455 [details]
original description (of Balistes powellii Cope, 1870) Cope, E. D. (1870). Observations on some fishes new to the American fauna, found at Newport, R. I. by Samuel Powell. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> v. 22: 118-121.
page(s): 120 [details]
context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
context source (Bermuda) Smith-Vaniz, W. F.; Collette, B. B.; Luckhurst, B. E (1999). Fishes of Bermuda: History, zoogeography, annotated checklist, and identification keys (American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists - Special Publication No.4) . ASIH, 424 pp. [details]
basis of record Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2024). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. <em>California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco.</em> Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2024., available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details]
additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2023). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (02/2023)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
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]. <em>Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France.</em> 307 pp., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/145561.pdf [details]
source of synonymy Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2024). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. <em>California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco.</em> Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2024., available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details]
ecology source Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details]
original description (of Balistes carolinensis Gmelin, 1789) Gmelin, J. F. (1789). Caroli a Linné ... Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species; cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. <em>Editio decimo tertia, aucta, reformata. 3 vols. in 9 parts. Lipsiae,.</em> 1788-93. v. 1 (pt 3): 1033-1516 [Fishes on pp. 1126-1516].
page(s): 1468 [details]
original description (of Balistes buniva Lacepède, 1803) Lacepède, B.G.E. (1803). Histoire naturelle des poissons. Tome Cinquieme. 5(1-21): i-lxviii + 1-803 + index., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6335629
page(s): 668, 669, Pl. 21 (fig. 1) [details]
original description (of Balistes forcipatus Gmelin, 1789) Gmelin, J. F. (1789). Caroli a Linné ... Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species; cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. <em>Editio decimo tertia, aucta, reformata. 3 vols. in 9 parts. Lipsiae,.</em> 1788-93. v. 1 (pt 3): 1033-1516 [Fishes on pp. 1126-1516].
page(s): 1472 [details]
original description (of Balistes moribundus Cope, 1871) Cope, E. D. (1871). Contribution to the ichthyology of the Lesser Antilles. <em>Transactions of the American Philosophical Society (New Series).</em> v. 14 (pt 3) (art. 5): 445-483.
page(s): 478 [details]
original description (of Balistes spilotopterygius Walbaum, 1792) Walbaum, J. J. (1792). Petri Artedi sueci genera piscium. In quibus systema totum ichthyologiae proponitur cum classibus, ordinibus, generum characteribus, specierum differentiis, observationibus plurimis. Redactis speciebus 242 ad genera 52. Ichthyologiae pars III. <em>Ant. Ferdin. Rose, Grypeswaldiae [Greifswald].</em> Part 3: [i-viii] + 1-723, Pls. 1-3.
page(s): 455 [details]
original description (of Balistes powellii Cope, 1870) Cope, E. D. (1870). Observations on some fishes new to the American fauna, found at Newport, R. I. by Samuel Powell. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> v. 22: 118-121.
page(s): 120 [details]
context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
context source (Bermuda) Smith-Vaniz, W. F.; Collette, B. B.; Luckhurst, B. E (1999). Fishes of Bermuda: History, zoogeography, annotated checklist, and identification keys (American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists - Special Publication No.4) . ASIH, 424 pp. [details]
basis of record Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2024). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. <em>California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco.</em> Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2024., available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details]
additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2023). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (02/2023)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
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]. <em>Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France.</em> 307 pp., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/145561.pdf [details]
source of synonymy Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2024). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. <em>California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco.</em> Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2024., available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details]
ecology source Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details]
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Diet Feeds on benthic invertebrates like mollusks and crustaceans [details]Distribution Western Atlantic: Nova Scotia (Canada), Bermuda, and northern Gulf of Mexico to Argentina; observed in Trundy Reef, Cape Elizabeth, ME at 43o35.405N, 70o11.902W (photo ID verified by LVG 7 Aug 2008) [details]
Habitat Inhabits bays, harbors, lagoons, and seaward reefs. [details]
Habitat nektonic [details]
Importance Social- Commercial, fishery, gamefish and aquarium fish [details]
Language | Name | |
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Albanian | peshku derr [from synonym]peshk derr [from synonym] | [details] |
Basque | baleztarraina [from synonym] | [details] |
Breton | peroked [from synonym] | [details] |
Catalan | surer [from synonym]porcell [from synonym]peix ballesta [from synonym] | [details] |
Croatian | kostorok [from synonym] | [details] |
Danish | almindelig aftrækkerfisk [from synonym] | [details] |
Dutch | trekkervisgrijze trekkervis | [details] |
English | turbottrigger-fish [from synonym]triggerfishleather-jacketgrey trigger-fish [from synonym]grey triggerfish [from synonym]gray triggerfish | [details] |
Finnish | säppikala [from synonym] | [details] |
French | perroquet [from synonym]cochon de mer [from synonym]baliste perroquet [from synonym]baliste commun [from synonym]baliste cabri [from synonym]baliste | [details] |
German | Schweinedrückerfisch [from synonym]Drückerfisch [from synonym] | [details] |
Hebrew | ניצרן ים-תיכוני [from synonym] | [details] |
Italian | pesce porco [from synonym]pesce balestra [from synonym] | [details] |
Maltese | hmar [from synonym] | [details] |
Modern Greek (1453-) | Βαλιστής [from synonym] | [details] |
Norwegian | avtrekkerfisk [from synonym] | [details] |
Norwegian Bokmål | avtrekkerfisk | [details] |
Norwegian Nynorsk | avtrekkerfisk | [details] |
Polish | rogatnica [from synonym] | [details] |
Portuguese | peixe-porcocangulo | [details] |
Romanian | balista [from synonym] | [details] |
Russian | Рыба курок | [details] |
Serbian | mihaca [from synonym] | [details] |
Slovenian | balestra [from synonym] | [details] |
Spanish | pez ballestapejepuerco blancopampo [from synonym]escopeta [from synonym] | [details] |
Swedish | gråtryckarfiskgrå tryckarfisk | [details] |
Turkish | yasemin baligi [from synonym]çütre balığı [from synonym]cutre baligi [from synonym]çotira [from synonym] | [details] |
Ukrainian | Риба курок | [details] |
Welsh | pysgodyn clicied [from synonym] | [details] |
Encyclopedia of Marine Life of Britain and Ireland (from synonym Balistes carolinensis Gmelin, 1789)
Marine Life Information Network - UK
To Barcode of Life (71 barcodes)
To Barcode of Life (71 barcodes) (from synonym Balistes capriscus Gronow, 1854)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (113 publications) (from synonym Balistes carolinensis Gronow, 1854)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (113 publications) (from synonym Balistes carolinensis Gmelin, 1789)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (19 publications) (from synonym Balistes fuliginosus DeKay, 1842)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Balistes spilotopterygius Walbaum, 1792)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (273 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (273 publications) (from synonym Balistes capriscus Gronow, 1854)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Balistes powellii Cope, 1870)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Balistes taeniopterus Poey, 1860)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (44 publications) (from synonym Balistes buniva Lacepède, 1803)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Balistes moribundus Cope, 1871)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (51 publications) (from synonym Balistes forcipatus Gmelin, 1789)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Balistes caprinus Valenciennes, 1839)
To Dyntaxa
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Balistes capriscus)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Balistes capriscus) (from synonym Balistes capriscus Gronow, 1854)
To FishBase (from synonym Balistes carolinensis Gronow, 1854)
To FishBase (from synonym Balistes buniva Lacepède, 1803)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Balistes carolinensis Gmelin, 1789)
To FishBase (from synonym Balistes forcipatus Gmelin, 1789)
To FishBase (from synonym Balistes caprinus Valenciennes, 1839)
To FishBase (from synonym Balistes fuliginosus DeKay, 1842)
To FishBase (from synonym Balistes moribundus Cope, 1871)
To FishBase (from synonym Balistes powellii Cope, 1870)
To FishBase (from synonym Balistes spilotopterygius Walbaum, 1792)
To FishBase (from synonym Nematobalistes forcipatus (Gmelin, 1789))
To FishBase (from synonym Balistes capriscus Gronow, 1854)
To FishBase (from synonym Balistes taeniopterus Poey, 1860)
To FishBase images (Balistes carolinensis, by Patzner, R.) (from synonym Balistes carolinensis Gmelin, 1789)
To Fishipedia
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Vulnerable) (from synonym Balistes capriscus Gronow, 1854)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Balistes capriscus USNM 405175 photograph lateral view)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Balistes carolinensis P01448 illustration)
To PESI
To PESI (from synonym Balistes carolinensis Gmelin, 1789)
To PESI (from synonym Balistes capriscus Gronow, 1854)
To PESI (from synonym Balistes carolinensis Gronow, 1854)
To ITIS
Marine Life Information Network - UK
To Barcode of Life (71 barcodes)
To Barcode of Life (71 barcodes) (from synonym Balistes capriscus Gronow, 1854)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (113 publications) (from synonym Balistes carolinensis Gronow, 1854)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (113 publications) (from synonym Balistes carolinensis Gmelin, 1789)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (19 publications) (from synonym Balistes fuliginosus DeKay, 1842)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Balistes spilotopterygius Walbaum, 1792)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (273 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (273 publications) (from synonym Balistes capriscus Gronow, 1854)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Balistes powellii Cope, 1870)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Balistes taeniopterus Poey, 1860)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (44 publications) (from synonym Balistes buniva Lacepède, 1803)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Balistes moribundus Cope, 1871)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (51 publications) (from synonym Balistes forcipatus Gmelin, 1789)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Balistes caprinus Valenciennes, 1839)
To Dyntaxa
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Balistes capriscus)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Balistes capriscus) (from synonym Balistes capriscus Gronow, 1854)
To FishBase (from synonym Balistes carolinensis Gronow, 1854)
To FishBase (from synonym Balistes buniva Lacepède, 1803)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Balistes carolinensis Gmelin, 1789)
To FishBase (from synonym Balistes forcipatus Gmelin, 1789)
To FishBase (from synonym Balistes caprinus Valenciennes, 1839)
To FishBase (from synonym Balistes fuliginosus DeKay, 1842)
To FishBase (from synonym Balistes moribundus Cope, 1871)
To FishBase (from synonym Balistes powellii Cope, 1870)
To FishBase (from synonym Balistes spilotopterygius Walbaum, 1792)
To FishBase (from synonym Nematobalistes forcipatus (Gmelin, 1789))
To FishBase (from synonym Balistes capriscus Gronow, 1854)
To FishBase (from synonym Balistes taeniopterus Poey, 1860)
To FishBase images (Balistes carolinensis, by Patzner, R.) (from synonym Balistes carolinensis Gmelin, 1789)
To Fishipedia
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Vulnerable) (from synonym Balistes capriscus Gronow, 1854)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Balistes capriscus USNM 405175 photograph lateral view)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Balistes carolinensis P01448 illustration)
To PESI
To PESI (from synonym Balistes carolinensis Gmelin, 1789)
To PESI (from synonym Balistes capriscus Gronow, 1854)
To PESI (from synonym Balistes carolinensis Gronow, 1854)
To ITIS