Location: Palm Beach, Florida
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)
└Vertebrata (Subphylum)
└Osteichthyes (Parvphylum)
└Actinopterygii (Gigaclass)
└Teleostei (Class)
└Tetraodontiformes (Order)
└Balistoidei (Suborder)
└Balistidae (Family)
└Balistes (Genus)
└B. capriscus (Species)
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