Balistes vetula ';
General information
 
Balistes vetula (Linnaeus, 1758)
 
 
Common nameQueen triggerfish
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
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
Fundamental arm number
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