Balistes punctatus | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Tetraodontiformes |
Family: | Balistidae |
Genus: | Balistes |
Species: | B. punctatus
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Binomial name | |
Balistes punctatus J. F. Gmelin, 1789
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Balistes punctatus, the bluespotted triggerfish or simply spotted triggerfish, is a species of triggerfish from the Eastern Atlantic. It occasionally makes its way into the aquarium trade.[1] It can grow to a size of 60 centimetres (24 in) total length but typically is much smaller.[2]
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