Balistes punctatus Bluespotted triggerfish

Balistes punctatus is commonly referred to as Bluespotted triggerfish. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not for beginners. A aquarium size of at least 6000 Liter is recommended. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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lexID:

2385 

AphiaID:

127396 

Scientific:

Balistes punctatus 

German:

Blaupunkt-Drückerfisch 

English:

Bluespotted Triggerfish 

Category:

Triggerfishes 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Tetraodontiformes (Order) > Balistidae (Family) > Balistes (Genus) > punctatus (Species) 

Initial determination:

Gmelin, 1789 

Occurrence:

Benin, Ghana, Gambia, Angola, Cameroon, Congo, East-Atlantic Ocean, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Mauritania, Nigeria, São Tomé e Principé, Senegal, Sierra Leone, the Canary Islands, the Cape Verde Archipelago, The Gulf of Guinea, the Ivory Coast, Togo 

Sea depth:

0 - 200 Meter 

Size:

up to 23.62" (60 cm) 

Temperature:

64.4 °F - 77 °F (18°C - 25°C) 

Food:

Clams, Crustaceans, Invertebrates 

Tank:

1319.87 gal (~ 6000L)  

Difficulty:

Not for beginners 

Offspring:

Not available as offspring 

Toxicity:

Toxic hazard unknown 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Red List:

Vulnerable (VU) 

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• 
  Balistes capriscus
  Grauer Drückerfisch
• Balistes ellioti
• 
  Balistes polylepis
  Ostpazifischer Drückerfisch
• 
  Balistes punctatus
  Blaupunkt-Drückerfisch
• 
  Balistes vetula
  Queen-Drückerfisch

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2007-10-28 08:12:43 

Last edit:

2020-03-30 21:58:07 

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