Balistoides

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Megaclassis: Osteichthyes
Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii
Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri
Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii
Infraclassis: Teleostei
Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai
Supercohors: Clupeocephala
Cohors: Euteleosteomorpha
Subcohors: Neoteleostei
Infracohors: Eurypterygia
Sectio: Ctenosquamata
Subsectio: Acanthomorphata
Divisio/Superordo: Acanthopterygii
Subdivisio: Percomorphaceae
Series: Eupercaria
Ordo: Tetraodontiformes

Familia: Balistidae
Genus: Balistoides
Species: B. conspicillum - B. viridiscens
Name

Balistoides Fraser-Brunner, 1935

Gender: Masculine
Type species: Balistes viridescens Bloch & Schneider, 1801
Type by original designation

Synonyms

Guaperva Sonnerat (ex Willughby), 1774

References

Fraser-Brunner, A. 1935: Notes on the Plectognath fishes.—I. A synopsis of the genera of the family Balistidae. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Series 10 15(90); 658-663. DOI: 10.1080/00222933508655016A

Links

Balistoides – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
Balistoides in the World Register of Marine Species
Balistoides species list in FishBase,
Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2024. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2024.
Balistoides and its species (including synonyms) in Catalog of Fishes, Eschmeyer, W.N., Fricke, R. & van der Laan, R. (eds.) 2024. Catalog of Fishes electronic version.

Vernacular names
lietuvių: Dėmėtosios raguotės

Balistoides is a genus of triggerfishes native to the Indo-Pacific region.
Species

There are currently 2 recognized species in this genus:[1]

Image	Scientific name	Common Name	Distribution
	Balistoides conspicillum (Bloch & J. G. Schneider, 1801)	Clown triggerfish	tropical and subtropical waters of the Indian Ocean and in the western Pacific Ocean.
	Balistoides viridescens (Bloch & J. G. Schneider, 1801)	Titan triggerfish	Indo-Pacific

References

Matsuura, Keiichi (2014). "Taxonomy and systematics of tetraodontiform fishes: a review focusing primarily on progress in the period from 1980 to 2014". Ichthyological Research. 62 (1): 72–113. doi:10.1007/s10228-014-0444-5. S2CID 254172132.