Balistes vetula Queen Triggerfish, Königin-Drückerfisch

Balistes vetula is commonly referred to as Queen Triggerfish, Königin-Drückerfisch. Difficulty in the aquarium: suitable for large display tanks (public aquarium or zoo) only. A aquarium size of at least 10000 Liter is recommended. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Profile

lexID:

1303 

AphiaID:

127397 

Scientific:

Balistes vetula 

German:

Queen-Drückerfisch 

English:

Queen Triggerfish, Königin-Drückerfisch 

Category:

Trekkersvissen 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Tetraodontiformes (Order) > Balistidae (Family) > Balistes (Genus) > vetula (Species) 

Initial determination:

Linnaeus, 1758 

Occurrence:

Barbados, Hong Kong, Gambia, Guadeloupe, Suriname, Angola, Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Aruba, Ascencion, St. Helena & Tristan da Cunha, Azores, Belize, Bermuda, Brazil, British Virgin Islands, Canada Eastern Pacific, Columbia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Curacao, Dominica, Dominican Republic, East-Atlantic Ocean, French Guiana, Grenada, Guatemala, Gulf of Mexico, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, India, Jamaica, Martinique, Montserrat, Morocco, Nicaragua, Northern Africa, Panama, Puerto Rico, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Senegal, Sierra Leone, The Bahamas, the Cape Verde Archipelago, the Cayman Islands, The Gulf of Guinea, the Netherlands Antilles, Trinidad and Tobago, Turks and Caicos Islands, USA, Venezuela, Virgin Islands, U.S., West-Atlantic Ocean 

Sea depth:

2 - 275 Meter 

Habitats:

Gravel soils, Rubble rocks, Sandy sea floors 

Size:

11.81" - 23.62" (30cm - 60cm) 

Temperature:

22,5 °F - 82.4 °F (22,5°C - 28°C) 

Food:

Carnivore, Crustaceans, Edible crab, Schrimps, Sea urchins, Snails, Starfishs, Zoobenthos 

Tank:

2199.78 gal (~ 10000L)  

Difficulty:

suitable for large display tanks (public aquarium or zoo) only 

Offspring:

Possible to breed 

Toxicity:

Toxic hazard unknown 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Red List:

Near threatened (NT) 

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• 
  Balistes capriscus
  Grauer Drückerfisch
• Balistes ellioti
• 
  Balistes polylepis
  Ostpazifischer Drückerfisch
• 
  Balistes punctatus
  Blaupunkt-Drückerfisch
• 
  Balistes vetula
  Queen-Drückerfisch

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2005-02-16 12:34:08 

Last edit:

2023-12-08 15:28:40 

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