| Kingdom | Phylum | Class | Order | Family |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ANIMALIA | CHORDATA | ACTINOPTERYGII | TETRAODONTIFORMES | BALISTIDAE |
| Scientific Name: | Balistes vetula | |||
| Species Authority: | Linneaus, 1758 | |||
Common Name/s:
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| Red List Category & Criteria: | Vulnerable A2d ver 2.3 |
| Year Assessed: | 1996 |
| Annotations: |
Needs updating
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| Assessor/s | Roberts, C. |
| Countries: |
Native:
Angola; Anguilla; Antigua and Barbuda; Bahamas; Barbados; Belize; Brazil; Cape Verde; Cayman Islands; Colombia; Costa Rica; Cuba; Dominica; Dominican Republic; Equatorial Guinea; French Guiana; Gambia; Grenada; Guadeloupe; Guatemala; Guinea; Guinea-Bissau; Guyana; Haiti; Honduras; Jamaica; Martinique; Mauritania; Mexico; Montserrat; Morocco; Netherlands Antilles (Curaçao); Nicaragua; Panama; Puerto Rico; Saint Helena (Ascension); Saint Kitts and Nevis; Saint Lucia; Saint Vincent and the Grenadines; Senegal; Sierra Leone; Suriname; Trinidad and Tobago; Turks and Caicos Islands; United States; Venezuela; Virgin Islands, British; Virgin Islands, U.S.
Introduced:
Bangladesh
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| FAO Marine Fishing Areas: |
Native:
Atlantic – western central; Atlantic – southeast; Atlantic – southwest; Atlantic – eastern central
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| Systems: | Marine |
| Citation: | Roberts, C. 1996. Balistes vetula. In: IUCN 2009. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2009.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 09 February 2010. |
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