General information |
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Balistes vetula (Linnaeus, 1758) |
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Common name | Queen triggerfish |
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Synonyms |
Balistes vetula Linnaeus, 1758 Balistes bellus Walbaum, 1792 Balistes equestris Gronow, 1854 Balistes vetula trinitatis Nichols & Murphy, 1914 |
IUCN Red List status (2014) |
Vulnerable (VU) |
Habitat |
Saltwater |
Systematics |
Eukaryota; Metazoa; Chordata; Craniata; Vertebrata; Euteleostomi; Actinopterygii; Neopterygii; Teleostei; Euteleostei; Neoteleostei; Acanthomorpha; Acanthopterygii; Percomorpha; Tetraodontiformes; Balistidae. |
Geographical distribution |
India; China; Angola; Morocco; Mauritania; Senegal; Guinea; Sierra Leone; USA; Mexico; Canada; Brazil; Colombia; Venezuela; Guyana; Suriname; French Guiana; Panama; Cuba; Jamaica; Puerto Rico; Costa Rica; Nicaragua; Haiti; Dominican Republic; Guatemala; Honduras; Anguilla; Antigua and Barbuda; Aruba; Bahamas; Barbados; Belize; Bermuda; British Virgin Islands; Cayman Islands; Curaçao Island; Grenada; Guadeloupe; Martinique; Montserrat; Saint Kitts and Nevis; Saint Lucia; Saint Vincent and the Grenadines; Trinidad and Tobago; Turks and Caicos Islands; Virgin Islands (USA); Cape Verde; Equatorial Guinea; Gambia; Mauritius |
Occurrence |
Questionable: India, China, Mauritius
Native: Angola, Morocco, Mauritania, Senegal, Guinea, Sierra Leone, USA, Mexico, Canada, Brazil, Colombia, Venezuela, Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana, Panama, Cuba, Jamaica, Puerto Rico, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Haiti, Dominican Republic, Guatemala, Honduras, Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Aruba, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Curaçao Island, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Martinique, Montserrat, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Trinidad and Tobago, Turks and Caicos Islands, Virgin Islands (USA), Cape Verde, Equatorial Guinea, Gambia
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Importance |
Food/ ornamental/ occasional sports/ medicinal |
Remarks |
Sometimes reported as toxicant due to liver |
Karyological information |
Geographical area of study |
Coastal reefs in Bahia, Brazil |
Source of chromosomes |
Not reported |
Number of specimens with sex |
4 |
Diploid chromosome number |
44 |
Karyotype formula |
Not reported |
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Fundamental arm number |
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Chromosome length |
Not reported |
Sex chromosome |
Not detected |
Chromosome staining/banding/FISH |
Ag-NORs localized on the 2nd chromosome pair in telomeric position, C-bands centromeric on most of the chromosomes. |
Reference(s) |
Gustavo SGL, Molina WF (2005). Karyotype Diversification in Fishes of the Balistidae, Diodontidae and Tetraodontidae (Tetraodontiformes). Caryologia, 58(3): 229-237. |
Karyotype /Metaphase complement image |
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