Stone triggerfish (Pseudobalistes naufragium)

Scientific name: Pseudobalistes naufragium Jordan & Starks, 1895

Stone triggerfish (Pseudobalistes naufragium)

The Stone triggerfish (Pseudobalistes naufragium) is a marine fish of the family Balistidae. Native range: Eastern Pacific, Bah?a de Santa Maria, Baja California, Mexico to Chile.

Biology

Body compressed and moderately deep; skin thick, with large, rectilinear, plate-like scales, some of them spiny, that are easily visible to the naked eye; mouth small; teeth strong and protruding, 8 in each jaw; snout with a naked scale-less area behind the jaws; dorsal fin with 3 spines and more than 25 rays; scales located behind the gill openings much larger than the surrounding scales.

Source: FishBase, licensed CC BY-NC 4.0.

Species facts

Scientific name
Pseudobalistes naufragium
Family
Balistidae (Triggerfishes)
Order
Tetraodontiformes (Puffers and Filefishes)
Class
Actinopterygii (Ray-finned fishes)
Maximum length
100.0
Common length
55.0
Depth range
3–36 m (10–118 ft)
Environment
Marine; reef-associated; depth range 3 - 36 m
Climate
Tropical
Distribution
Eastern Pacific: Bah?a de Santa Maria, Baja California, Mexico to Chile.
Conservation status (IUCN)
Least Concern (LC)
Threat to humans
Harmless
Resilience
Low, minimum population doubling time 4.5 - 14 years (Preliminary K or Fecundity.)

Sources

Taxonomy, distribution and biology data: FishBase (Froese, R. and D. Pauly, eds.), licensed CC BY-NC 4.0.

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