Balistes polylepis Steindachner 1876 (finescale triggerfish)
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Osteichthyes - Tetraodontiformes - Balistidae
Belongs to Balistes according to K. Matsuura 2015
See also Fierstine et al. 2012
Sister taxa: Balistes crassidens, Balistes dubius, Balistes lerichei, Balistes muensteri, Balistes procapriscus
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Balistes polylepis in the database
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