Balistes capriscus Grey triggerfish

Balistes capriscus is commonly referred to as Grey triggerfish. Difficulty in the aquarium: suitable for large display tanks (public aquarium or zoo) only. A aquarium size of at least 10000 Liter is recommended. Toxicity: toxic.

Profile

lexID:

1974 

AphiaID:

154721 

Scientific:

Balistes capriscus 

German:

Grauer Drückerfisch 

English:

Grey Triggerfish 

Category:

Рыбы - Спинороги 

Family tree:

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

Initial determination:

Gmelin, 1789 

Occurrence:

Barbados, Ghana, Guadeloupe, Gambia, Russland, Benin, Straße von Gibraltar, West Sahara, Suriname, Tunesien, Sint Eustatius and Saba, Algeria, Angola, Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Aruba, Ascencion, St. Helena & Tristan da Cunha, Azores, Belize, Bermuda, Brazil, British Virgin Islands, Cameroon, Canada Eastern Pacific, Columbia, Comores, Congo, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominica, Dominican Republic, East-Atlantic Ocean, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, European Coasts, French Guiana, Gabon, Grenada, Guatemala, Gulf of Mexico, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Indonesia, Israel, Jamaica, Madeira, Martinique, Mauritania, Mexico (East Pacific), Morocco, Mozambique, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Panama, Portugal, Puerto Rico, Saint Martin / Sint Maarten, São Tomé e Principé, Scandinavia, Senegal, Sierra Leone, South America, South-Africa, Spain, The Bahamas, the British Isles, the Canary Islands, the Cape Verde Archipelago, the Cayman Islands, The Gulf of Guinea, the Ivory Coast, the Mediterranean Sea, the Netherlands Antilles, Togo, Trindade and Martim Vaz, Trinidad and Tobago, Turks and Caicos Islands, Uruguay, USA, Venezuela, Virgin Islands, U.S., West-Atlantic Ocean 

Marine Zone:

Subtidal, sublittoral, infralittoral, deep zone of the oceans from the lower limit of the intertidal zone (intertidal) to the shelf edge at about 200 m water depth. neritic. 

Sea depth:

0 - 100 Meter 

Habitats:

Bays, Coral reefs, Lagoons, Port facilities, Seawater, Sea water 

Size:

6.69" - 25.98" (17cm - 66cm) 

Weight:

6.2 kg 

Temperature:

48.2 °F - 79.16 °F (9°C - 26.2°C) 

Food:

Carnivore, Clam meat, Clams, Crabs, Crustaceans, Invertebrates, Schrimps, Shrimps, Snails, Zoobenthos 

Tank:

2199.78 gal (~ 10000L)  

Difficulty:

suitable for large display tanks (public aquarium or zoo) only 

Offspring:

Not available as offspring 

Toxicity:

toxic 

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:

2006-07-23 12:42:29 

Last edit:

2024-12-01 16:27:58 

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