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Balistes polylepis Steindachner, 1876

Finescale triggerfish
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> Tetraodontiformes (Puffers and filefishes) > Balistidae (Triggerfishes)
Etymology: Balistes: Latin, balista, -ae = crossbowman. In Greek, ballo = to throw (Ref. 45335).
More on author: Steindachner.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Écologie

marin récifal; profondeur 3 - 60 m (Ref. 91172). Subtropical; 38°N - 30°S, 180°W - 70°W

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Eastern Pacific from northern California to Chile and Hawaiian Islands; including the Galapagos Islands.

Taille / Poids / Âge

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 76.0 cm TL mâle / non sexé; (Ref. 2850); common length : 50.0 cm TL mâle / non sexé; (Ref. 9276)

Description synthétique Clés d'identification | Morphologie | Morphométrie

Body compressed and deep; skin thick, with large, rectilinear, plate-like scales that are easily visible to the naked eye; mouth small; teeth strong and protruding, 8 in each jaw; dorsal fin with 3 spines and 26 to 28 rays; scales behind the gill openings larger than the neighboring scales; snout surrounded by scales (Ref. 55763).

Biologie     Glossaire (ex. epibenthic)

Occurs in rocky reefs, boulder strewn slopes and adjacent areas of sand. Adults demersal; young pelagic (Ref. 2850). Feeds on sea urchins, small crustaceans and mollusks (Ref. 5227). Minimum depth 3m (Ref. 116844).

Life cycle and mating behavior Maturité | Reproduction | Frai | Œufs | Fécondité | Larves

Référence principale Upload your references | Références | Coordinateur : Matsuura, Keiichi | Collaborateurs

Eschmeyer, W.N., E.S. Herald and H. Hammann, 1983. A field guide to Pacific coast fishes of North America. Boston (MA, USA): Houghton Mifflin Company. xii+336 p. (Ref. 2850)

Statut dans la liste rouge de l'IUCN (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-1)

  Préoccupation mineure (LC) ; Date assessed: 01 May 2008

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Menace pour l'homme

  Harmless





Utilisations par l'homme

Pêcheries: commercial
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Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 123201): 19.2 - 28.9, mean 25.8 °C (based on 76 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804):  PD50 = 0.5078   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.02754 (0.01746 - 0.04345), b=2.84 (2.71 - 2.97), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this species & (Sub)family-body (Ref. 93245).
Niveau trophique (Ref. 69278):  3.3   ±0.37 se; based on food items.
Generation time: 6.5 ( na - na) years. Estimated as median ln(3)/K based on 1 growth studies.
Résilience (Ref. 120179):  Faible, temps minimum de doublement de population : 4,5 à 14 années (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153):  Moderate to high vulnerability (54 of 100).
Catégorie de prix (Ref. 80766):   Medium.
Nutrients (Ref. 124155):  Calcium = 15.3 [5.8, 48.1] mg/100g; Iron = 0.482 [0.239, 1.121] mg/100g; Protein = 19.3 [18.1, 20.5] %; Omega3 = 0.169 [0.108, 0.270] g/100g; Selenium = 21.1 [8.4, 45.9] μg/100g; VitaminA = 23.3 [5.9, 98.5] μg/100g; Zinc = 0.596 [0.382, 0.939] mg/100g (wet weight);