Balistes polylepis Finescale Triggerfish

Balistes polylepis is commonly referred to as Finescale Triggerfish. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for home aquaria!. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Profile

lexID:

4129 

AphiaID:

275234 

Scientific:

Balistes polylepis 

German:

Ostpazifischer Drückerfisch 

English:

Finescale Triggerfish 

Category:

- Tryckarfiskar 

Family tree:

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

Initial determination:

Steindachner, 1876 

Occurrence:

El Salvador, Chile, Columbia, Costa Rica, Eastern Pacific Ocean, Ecuador, Galapagos Islands, Guatemala, Gulf of California, Hawaii, Honduras, Mexico (East Pacific), Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, USA 

Sea depth:

3 - 60 Meter 

Size:

up to 29.92" (76 cm) 

Temperature:

68 °F - 77 °F (20°C - 25°C) 

Food:

Crabs, Crustaceans, Fish (little fishes), Frozen Food (large sort), Schrimps, Sea urchins, Shrimps, Snails, Worms 

Difficulty:

Not suitable for home aquaria! 

Offspring:

Not available as offspring 

Toxicity:

Toxic hazard unknown 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Red List:

Least concern (LC)  

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:

2012-02-10 17:00:53 

Last edit:

2020-03-30 21:51:34 

Info

Pictures

Commonly

1

1

Husbandry know-how of owners