Florent's Guide To The Florida, Bahamas and

Caribbean Reefs

Gray Triggerfish
Balistes capriscus
Gray Triggerfish
Category: Triggerfishes
Scientific Name: Balistes capriscus
Size: 5 to 9 in. (12 to 22 cm)  
Depth: 15-50 ft. (5-15 m)
Distribution: Florida, Bahamas, Caribbean, Bermuda, Gulf of America, Brazil
Chordata (Phylum) Chordates
└Vertebrata (Subphylum) Vertebrates
 └Osteichthyes (Parvphylum) Bony Fishes
  └Actinopterygii (Gigaclass) Ray-Finned Fish
   └Teleostei (Class) Teleosts
    └Tetraodontiformes (Order)
     └Balistoidei (Suborder)
      └Balistidae (Family) Triggerfishes
       └Balistes (Genus)
        └B. capriscus (Species)
WoRMS ID: 154721🔗
iNaturalist ID: 49606🔗

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