''Balistoides'' is a

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triggerfish Triggerfish are about 40 species of often brightly colored fish of the family Balistidae. Often marked by lines and spots, they inhabit tropical and subtropical oceans throughout the world, with the greatest species richness in the Indo-Pacific. ...

es native to the

Indo-Pacific The Indo-Pacific is a vast biogeographic region of Earth. In a narrow sense, sometimes known as the Indo-West Pacific or Indo-Pacific Asia, it comprises the tropical waters of the Indian Ocean, the western and central Pacific Ocean, and the ...

region.

Species

There are currently 2 recognized species in this genus:Matsuura, K. (2014): Taxonomy and systematics of tetraodontiform fishes: a review focusing primarily on progress in the period from 1980 to 2014. ''Ichthyological Research, 62 (1): 72-113.'' * ''

Balistoides conspicillum The clown triggerfish (''Balistoides conspicillum''), also known as the bigspotted triggerfish, is a demersal marine fish belonging to the family Balistidae, or commonly called triggerfish. Description The clown triggerfish is a fish which gro ...

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& J. G. Schneider, 1801) (Clown triggerfish) * ''

Balistoides viridescens The titan triggerfish, giant triggerfish or moustache triggerfish (''Balistoides viridescens'') is a large species of triggerfish found in lagoons and at reefs to depths of in most of the Indo-Pacific, though it is absent from Hawaii. With a len ...

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& J. G. Schneider, 1801) (Titan triggerfish)

References

Balistidae Marine fish genera Taxa named by Alec Fraser-Brunner {{Tetraodontiformes-stub