Pseudobalistes

Pseudobalistes
Pseudobalistes fuscus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Tetraodontiformes
Family:	Balistidae
Genus:	Pseudobalistes Bleeker, 1865

Pseudobalistes is a genus of fish belonging to the family Balistidae.

Species

There are currently 3 recognized species in this genus: ^[1]

Image	Scientific name	Common Name	Distribution
	Pseudobalistes flavomarginatus Rüppell, 1829	Yellowmargin triggerfish	Indo-Pacific from the Red Sea south to Natal, South Africa and east from southern Japan south to Indonesia, Philippines and Samoa
	Pseudobalistes fuscus (Bloch & J. G. Schneider, 1801)	blue triggerfish, rippled triggerfish, yellow-spotted triggerfish and blue-and-gold triggerfish	Tropical Indo-Pacific, from the Red Sea to South Africa, Society Islands, southern Japan, Australia and New Caledonia.
	Pseudobalistes naufragium D. S. Jordan & Starks, 1895	Stone triggerfish	eastern Pacific, ranging from Baja California (Mexico) to Chile.

References

1. Matsuura, Keiichi (2015). "Taxonomy and systematics of tetraodontiform fishes: A review focusing primarily on progress in the period from 1980 to 2014". Ichthyological Research. 62: 72–113. doi: 10.1007/s10228-014-0444-5 . S2CID   15223867.