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

Grey triggerfish - Balistes capriscus Gmelin, 1789

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Threat status Europe Data Deficient (IUCN)

The EUNIS species component has very limited information about this species.

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Distribution

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Threat and conservation status

IUCN Red List status of threatened species

The IUCN Red List threat status assesses the risk of extinction.

World

Not evaluated

Europe

Data Deficient

EU

Not evaluated

IUCN Red List Category
Not Evaluated
Near Threatened
Regionally Extinct
Not Applicable
Vulnerable
Extinct in the Wild
Data Deficient
Endangered
Extinct
Least Concern
Critically Endangered

EU conservation status

The EU conservation status is assessed for species mentioned in the EU Habitats Directive annexes. The EU Habitats Directive does not cover this species.

Natura 2000 sites

Not available

Legal status

Not listed in legal texts

Common names and synonyms

Common Name Language Reference
Amérikansky spinorogue Russian Fishbase
Avtrekkerfisk Norwegian Fishbase
Balestra Slovenian Fishbase
Balista Romanian Fishbase
Baliste cabri French Fishbase
Baliste capri French Fishbase
Ballesta Spanish Fishbase
Cangulo Portuguese Fishbase
Cangulo-cinzento Portuguese Fishbase
Çütre baligi Turkish Fishbase
Drückerfisch German Fishbase
Escopeta Spanish Fishbase
Filfisk Swedish Fishbase
Gourounópsaro Greek Fishbase
Grey triggerfish English Fishbase
Hmar Maltese Fishbase
Kostorog Serbian Fishbase
Mihaca Serbian Fishbase
Pejepuerco blanco Spanish Fishbase
Pesce balestra Italian Fishbase
Pesce palo Italian Fishbase
Peshk derr Albanian Fishbase
Pez ballesta Spanish Fishbase
Poisson à gâchette French Fishbase
Riba-kourok Russian Fishbase
Rogatnica Polish Fishbase
Roncon Spanish Fishbase
Säppikala Finnish Fishbase
Schweinedruckerfisch German Fishbase
Séri spinorogue Russian Fishbase
Trekkervis Dutch Fishbase
Trigger fish English Fishbase
Triggerfish English Fishbase
Tryckarfisk Swedish Fishbase
Synonym Author
Balistes carolinensis Gmelin, 1789
Balistes carolinensis Gronow, 1854
Balistes capriscus Gronow, 1854

Other resources

CoL (accepted name) Catalogue of Life
Fauna Europaea search Fauna Europaea
FishBase FishBase
GBIF Global Biodiversity Information Facility
ITIS (Valid name) Interagency Taxonomic Information System
NCBI search National Center for Biotechnology Information
PESI (Accepted) Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure
WoRMS World Register of Marine Species

External data

No external data sets available for this species
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