Balistes vetula Linneaus, 1758

Fermon, Yves, Bailly, Nicolas, Cardiec, Floriane, Causse, Romain, Chartrain, Emmanuel, Chirio, Laurent, Bruyne, Godefroy De, Deynat, Pascal, Hopkins, Carl D., Lamboj, Anton, Mennesson, Marion I., Beh, Jean-Hervé Mve, Paugy, Didier, Sidlauskas, Brian, Sullivan, John P., Weghe, Jean-Pierre Van De, Vigliotta, Thomas R. & Zee, Jouke Van Der, 2022, An annotated checklist of the fishes of Gabon, Cybium 46 (2), pp. 2-3 : 309

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.26028/cybium/2022-462-3-001
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.12713514
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/C63F87BA-E3F0-3FAC-762D-DED4EA6CFB49
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scientific name	Balistes vetula Linneaus, 1758
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Occurrence: possible

Maximum length: 60 cm TL

Water type: marine

Environment: reef associated

Depth range: 2-275 m

Migration: unknown

IUCN status: NT – Near threatened (2015)

Source: bibliography

Distribution and remarks: widely distributed in the Atlantic. Eastern Atlantic: known from Ascension Island, the Cape Verde Islands, the Azores, and along West Africa from Morocco to southern Angola.

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Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Chordata
Order	Tetraodontiformes
Family	Balistidae
Genus	Balistes

Balistes vetula Linneaus, 1758

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