Grey Triggerfish

The grey triggerfish (Balistes capriscus), or gray triggerfish, is a species of ray-finned fish in the triggerfish family Balistidae. The species is native to shallow parts of the western Atlantic from Nova Scotia to Argentina and also the eastern Atlantic, the Mediterranean Sea, and waters off Angola on the west coast of Africa.

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Is it venomous or poisonous?

We have no record of Grey Triggerfish being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.

Easily confused with

• Balistes polylepis
• Pseudobalistes naufragium
• Abalistes stellatus
• Canthidermis maculata
• Scobinichthys granulatus

Classification

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Actinopterygii

Order

Tetraodontiformes

Family

Balistidae

Genus

Balistes

Species

Balistes capriscus

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