Species
Poissons

cd_nom

70660

Queen triggerfish (English)

Balistes vetula Linnaeus, 1758

Classification
Poissons marins
Chordata > Actinopterygii > Tetraodontiformes > Balistidae
Poissons marins
Habitats

habitats

marine

Domains and territories

Marine

Overseas

Assessment, protection and threat status

Assessed species

evaluated

Europe

Insufficient data (species for which the assessment could not be carried out due to insufficient data)

World

Near threatened (species close to the threshold of threatened species or which could be threatened if specific conservation measures are not taken)

Red list

Status in the territories

Territory

Type of presence

France red list

Guadeloupe

Indigenous or undetermined. Taxon present in a broad sense in the geographical area under consideration, i.e., native taxon or taxon not known to belong to one of the other categories. The lack of knowledge thus benefits the indigenous. Indigenous means: taxon that originated in the geographical area under consideration and that has developed naturally there without human contribution, or taxon that arrived there without human intervention (intentional or not) from an area in which it is indigenous. (NB: excluded hybrids of which at least one of the parents is introduced in the considered area). All taxa categorized as

present

Not evaluated, not present in a national Red List

Martinique

Indigenous or undetermined. Taxon present in a broad sense in the geographical area under consideration, i.e., native taxon or taxon not known to belong to one of the other categories. The lack of knowledge thus benefits the indigenous. Indigenous means: taxon that originated in the geographical area under consideration and that has developed naturally there without human contribution, or taxon that arrived there without human intervention (intentional or not) from an area in which it is indigenous. (NB: excluded hybrids of which at least one of the parents is introduced in the considered area). All taxa categorized as

present

Not evaluated, not present in a national Red List

Saint-Barthélemy

Indigenous or undetermined. Taxon present in a broad sense in the geographical area under consideration, i.e., native taxon or taxon not known to belong to one of the other categories. The lack of knowledge thus benefits the indigenous. Indigenous means: taxon that originated in the geographical area under consideration and that has developed naturally there without human contribution, or taxon that arrived there without human intervention (intentional or not) from an area in which it is indigenous. (NB: excluded hybrids of which at least one of the parents is introduced in the considered area). All taxa categorized as

present

Not evaluated, not present in a national Red List

Saint-Martin

Indigenous or undetermined. Taxon present in a broad sense in the geographical area under consideration, i.e., native taxon or taxon not known to belong to one of the other categories. The lack of knowledge thus benefits the indigenous. Indigenous means: taxon that originated in the geographical area under consideration and that has developed naturally there without human contribution, or taxon that arrived there without human intervention (intentional or not) from an area in which it is indigenous. (NB: excluded hybrids of which at least one of the parents is introduced in the considered area). All taxa categorized as

present

Not evaluated, not present in a national Red List
Maps
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Citation
MNHN & OFB [Ed]. 2003-2025. Sheet of Balistes vetula Linnaeus, 1758. Inventaire national du patrimoine naturel (INPN).
Website: https://inpn.mnhn.fr/espece/cd_nom/70660 - June 5, 2025