Cabo San Lucas, Mexico
Cabo San Lucas, Mexico
Finescale Triggerfish
Balistes polylepis
Finescale Triggerfish
Category: Triggerfishes
Scientific Name: Balistes polylepis
Size: Up to 2 ft (60 cm)
Depth: 10-120 ft. (3-37 m)
Distribution: Gulf of California, Pacific Coast of Mexico to Panama
Chordata (Phylum)
└Vertebrata (Subphylum)
└Osteichthyes (Parvphylum)
└Actinopterygii (Gigaclass)
└Actinopteri (Superclass)
└Teleostei (Class)
└Tetraodontiformes (Order)
└Balistidae (Family)
└Balistes (Genus)
└B. polylepis (Species)
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