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Blue triggerfish
Pseudobalistes fuscus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
AnimalsBalistes
Distribution map
Geographic areas (BioObs)
Reunion IslandMayotteNew CaledoniaPolynesiaRed Sea
Observation type
Scuba divingApnea / Snorkelling
Other common names
- Rippled triggerfishBritish English
- Yellow-spotted triggerfishBritish English
- Blaustreifen DrückerfischGerman (Germany)
- Pez ballesta azulEuropean Spanish
- Baliste à rides bleuesFrench (France)
- Baliste à tache jauneFrench (France)
- Baliste basanéFrench (France)
- Baliste gribouilléFrench (France)
- Baliste jaune et bleuFrench (France)
- Baliste marbréFrench (France)
- Baliste vermiculéFrench (France)
- Pesce balestra mareszzatoItalian (Italy)
- Blauwe trekkervisDutch (Netherlands)
Other invalid scientific names
- Balistes caerulescens
- Balistes fuscus
- Balistes rivulatus
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Sources
- LE BRIS Sylvain, PEAN Michel, GUICHARD Benjamin in : DORIS, 06/01/2015 : Pseudobalistes fuscus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801), https://doris.ffessm.fr/ref/specie/1340
How to cite this BioObs sheet?
BioObs, 18/09/2026 : Pseudobalistes fuscus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801), https://bioobs.fr/en/species-sheets/1965
Modification history
- Created by BioObs user on 18/09/2026
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