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Balistes vetula Linnaeus, 1758

Queen triggerfish
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Saint Lucia country information

Common names: Queen triggerfish
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
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Uses: no uses
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National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/st.html
National Fisheries Authority: http://www.slumaffe.org/fisheries/
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Tyler, J.C., 1978
National Database:

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Classificação / Names Nomes comuns | Sinónimos | Catalog of Fishes(Género, Espécies) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

> Tetraodontiformes (Puffers and filefishes) > Balistidae (Triggerfishes)
Etymology: Balistes: Latin, balista, -ae = crossbowman. In Greek, ballo = to throw (Ref. 45335).
  More on author: Linnaeus.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecologia

marinhas associadas(os) a recifes; intervalo de profundidade 2 - 275 m (Ref. 4727), usually 3 - 30 m (Ref. 40849).   Tropical; ? - 28°C; 43°N - 35°S, 98°W - 14°E

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Western and Eastern Atlantic.

Length at first maturity / Tamanho / Peso / Idade

Maturity: Lm 23.5  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 60.0 cm TL macho/indeterminado; (Ref. 7251); common length : 30.0 cm TL macho/indeterminado; (Ref. 5217); peso máx. Publicado: 5.4 kg (Ref. 4699); Idade máx. registada: 14 anos (Ref. 128045)

Descrição breve Chaves de identificação | Morfologia | Morfometria

Espinhos dorsais (total) : 3; Raios dorsais moles (total) : 29 - 32; Espinhos anais: 0; Raios anais moles: 27 - 29. Greenish or bluish gray on back, orange-yellow on lower part of head and abdomen, with two broad diagonal curved bright blue bands running from snout to below and in front of pectoral fins, the lowermost continuous with a blue ring around lips; a broad blue bar across caudal peduncle, and blue sub-marginal bands in median fins (Ref. 13442).

Biologia     Glossário (ex. epibenthic)

Found over rocky or coral areas (Ref. 5217). May form schools, sometimes solitary over sand and grassy areas. Feeds mainly on benthic invertebrates (Ref. 4727). It preys on sea urchins by blowing water to overturn it and then attacks it where the spines are short (Ref. 9710). Excellent food fish but occasionally can cause intoxication due to the liver.

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Robins, C.R. and G.C. Ray, 1986. A field guide to Atlantic coast fishes of North America. Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, U.S.A. 354 p. (Ref. 7251)

Categoria na Lista Vermelha da IUCN (Ref. 130435)

  Quase ameaçada (NT) ; Date assessed: 06 June 2011

CITES (Ref. 128078)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Ameaça para o homem

  Poisonous to eat




Utilização humana

Pescarias: pouco comercial; peixe desportivo: sim; Aquário: Espécies comerciais
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Preferred temperature (Ref. 115969): 22.5 - 28, mean 25.9 (based on 694 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804):  PD50 = 0.5078   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.02818 (0.02342 - 0.03391), b=2.94 (2.89 - 2.99), in cm Total Length, based on LWR estimates for this species (Ref. 93245).
Nível Trófico (Ref. 69278):  3.8   ±0.1 se; based on diet studies.
Resiliência (Ref. 120179):  Médio, tempo mínimo de duplicação da população 1,4 - 4,4 anos (K=0.15-0.57).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153):  Moderate to high vulnerability (54 of 100).
Categoria de preço (Ref. 80766):   Medium.