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Balistes punctatus Gmelin, 1789

Bluespotted triggerfish
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> Tetraodontiformes (Puffers and filefishes) > Balistidae (Triggerfishes)
Etymology: Balistes: Latin, balista, -ae = crossbowman. In Greek, ballo = to throw (Ref. 45335).
More on author: Gmelin.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Écologie

marin démersal; profondeur 0 - 200 m (Ref. 7348), usually 0 - 50 m (Ref. 7348). Tropical; 32°N - 17°S, 26°W - 14°E

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Eastern Atlantic from Madeira to Angola; including the Canary Islands, and Cape Verde.

Taille / Poids / Âge

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 60.0 cm TL mâle / non sexé; (Ref. 2683); common length : 25.0 cm TL mâle / non sexé; (Ref. 2683); poids max. publié: 1.8 kg (Ref. ); poids max. publié: 1.8 kg

Biologie     Glossaire (ex. epibenthic)

Found over sand and rock bottoms of coastal waters. Feeds on crabs and bivalves (Ref. 4727).

Life cycle and mating behavior Maturité | Reproduction | Frai | Œufs | Fécondité | Larves

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Harmelin-Vivien, M.L. and J.-C. Quéro, 1990. Balistidae. p. 1055-1060. In J.C. Quero, J.C. Hureau, C. Karrer, A. Post and L. Saldanha (eds.) Check-list of the fishes of the eastern tropical Atlantic (CLOFETA). JNICT, Lisbon; SEI, Paris; and UNESCO, Paris. Vol. 2. (Ref. 7348)

Statut dans la liste rouge de l'IUCN (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-2)

  Vulnérable, voir Liste Rouge IUCN (VU) (A2bd); Date assessed: 16 June 2011

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Menace pour l'homme

  Harmless





Utilisations par l'homme

Pêcheries: commercial
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Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 123201): 19.9 - 28, mean 26.2 °C (based on 196 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804):  PD50 = 0.5078   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.03090 (0.01990 - 0.04798), b=2.87 (2.74 - 3.00), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this species & (Sub)family-body (Ref. 93245).
Niveau trophique (Ref. 69278):  3.4   ±0.43 se; based on food items.
Generation time: 4.0 ( na - na) years. Estimated as median ln(3)/K based on 1 growth studies.
Résilience (Ref. 120179):  Milieu, temps minimum de doublement de population : 1,4 à 4,4 années (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153):  Moderate vulnerability (38 of 100).
Catégorie de prix (Ref. 80766):   Medium.
Nutrients (Ref. 124155):  Calcium = 88.5 [39.2, 198.6] mg/100g; Iron = 1.06 [0.52, 2.54] mg/100g; Protein = 17.9 [16.4, 19.4] %; Omega3 = 0.223 [0.101, 0.499] g/100g; Selenium = 87 [43, 203] μg/100g; VitaminA = 9.17 [2.77, 31.60] μg/100g; Zinc = 0.852 [0.562, 1.294] mg/100g (wet weight);