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Finescale Triggerfish

Balistes polylepis

Classification

Balistes polylepis, the finescale triggerfish, is a species of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Balistidae, the triggerfishes. This triggerfish is found in the Eastern Pacific Ocean. Taxonomy Balistes polylepis was first formally described in 1876 by the Austrian ichthyologist Franz Steindachner with its type locality given as Magdalena Bay, Baja California Sur in Mexico.

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog
Peru · 15