A branch of the living world.
110,000 accepted animal species, linked through classification, synonyms, distributions and source literature.
These attributed records come from Catalogue of Life, 2026-09-11. Detail varies; they are not all fully researched, illustrated articles. Browse researched folklore and fiction.
Matches documented source distribution records. Geographic coverage is incomplete.
Family: Balistidae · Clear filter
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Abalistes filamentosus Matsuura & Yoshino, 2004 | BalistidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Abalistes stellatus (Anonymous, 1798) | BalistidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| orange-lined triggerfishBalistapus undulatus (Park, 1797) | BalistidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| finescale triggerfishBalistes polylepis Steindachner, 1876 | BalistidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Balistes punctatus Gmelin, 1789 | BalistidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| clown triggerfishBalistoides conspicillum (Bloch & Schneider, 1801) | BalistidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| titan triggerfishBalistoides viridescens (Bloch & Schneider, 1801) | BalistidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Canthidermis macrolepis (Boulenger, 1888) | BalistidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| rough trigger-fishCanthidermis maculata (Bloch, 1786) | BalistidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| ocean triggerfishCanthidermis sufflamen (Mitchill, 1815) | BalistidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Canthidermis willughbeii (Lay & Bennett, 1839) | BalistidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Indian triggerfishMelichthys indicus Randall & Klausewitz, 1973 | BalistidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| red-toothed triggerfishOdonus niger (Rüppell, 1836) | BalistidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| yellowmargin triggerfishPseudobalistes flavimarginatus (Rüppell, 1829) | BalistidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| blunthead triggerfishPseudobalistes naufragium (Jordan & Starks, 1895) | BalistidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Rhinecanthus abyssus Matsuura & Shiobara, 1989 | BalistidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| white-banded triggerfishRhinecanthus aculeatus (Linnaeus, 1758) | BalistidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Picasso triggerfishRhinecanthus assasi (Forsskål, 1775) | BalistidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Rhinecanthus cinereus (Bonnaterre, 1788) | BalistidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Rhinecanthus lunula Randall & Steene, 1983 | BalistidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Rhinecanthus verrucosus (Linnaeus, 1758) | BalistidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| boomerang triggerfishSufflamen bursa (Bloch & Schneider, 1801) | BalistidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| orangeside triggerfishSufflamen verres (Gilbert & Starks, 1904) | BalistidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Xanthichthys caeruleolineatus Randall, Matsuura & Zama, 1978 | BalistidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| striped triggerfishXanthichthys lineopunctatus (Hollard, 1854) | BalistidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| redtail triggerfishXanthichthys mento (Jordan & Gilbert, 1882) | BalistidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Sargassum triggerfishXanthichthys ringens (Linnaeus, 1758) | BalistidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Xenobalistes tumidipectoris Matsuura, 1981 | BalistidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
Source and selection
Bánki, O., Roskov, Y., Döring, M., Ower, G., Hernández Robles, D. R., Plata Corredor, C. A., Stjernegaard Jeppesen, T., Örn, A., Pape, T., Hobern, D., Garnett, S., Little, H., DeWalt, R. E., Miller, J., Orrell, T., Aalbu, R., Abbott, J., Aedo, C., Aescht, E., et al. (2026). Catalogue of Life (Version 2026-09-11). Catalogue of Life Foundation, Amsterdam, Netherlands. https://doi.org/10.48580/dgz5n
First records in source order under phylum quotas, then source-order overflow if a quota is short. This is a selective snapshot. Source name strings can include author names, which are also searchable.