Pseudobalistes

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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: Pseudobalistes
Species: P. flavomarginatus - P. fuscus

Pseudobalistes is a genus of fish belonging to the family Balistidae.
Species

There are currently 3 recognized species in this genus:[1]

Scientific name	Common Name	Distribution
Pseudobalistes flavomarginatus Rüppell, 1829	Yellowmargin triggerfish	Indo-Pacific from the Red Sea south to Natal, South Africa and east from southern Japan south to Indonesia, Philippines and Samoa
Pseudobalistes fuscus (Bloch & J. G. Schneider, 1801)	blue triggerfish, rippled triggerfish, yellow-spotted triggerfish and blue-and-gold triggerfish	Tropical Indo-Pacific, from the Red Sea to South Africa, Society Islands, southern Japan, Australia and New Caledonia.
Pseudobalistes naufragium D. S. Jordan & Starks, 1895	Stone triggerfish	eastern Pacific, ranging from Baja California (Mexico) to Chile.

References

Matsuura, Keiichi (2015). "Taxonomy and systematics of tetraodontiform fishes: A review focusing primarily on progress in the period from 1980 to 2014". Ichthyological Research. 62: 72–113. doi:10.1007/s10228-014-0444-5. S2CID 15223867.

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