Balistes Collection

Mauritius triggerfish, unicorn leatherjacket
Mauritius triggerfish, Rhinecanthus cinereus, unicorn leatherjacket, Aluterus monoceros, and planehead filefish, Stephanolepis hispidus

Matted filefish, queen triggerfish and white
Matted filefish, Acreichthys tomentosus 36, queen triggerfish, Balistes vetula 37, and white-banded triggerfish, Rhinecanthus aculeatus 38

Queen triggerfish, wedge-tail triggerfish
Queen triggerfish, Balistes vetula, wedge-tail triggerfish, Rhinecanthus rectangulus, and short-nosed tripodfish, Triacanthus biaculeatus

Grey triggerfish and Moray eel, lower jaws
Grey triggerfish, Balistes capriscus 1, Moray eel, Muraena species 4, lower jawbones of sea bream, Sparus aurata 2, and great white shark, Carcharodon carcharias 3

Unusual marine creatures
Sea lamprey, Petromyzon marinus, planehead filefish, Stephanolepis hispidus, elephantfish, Callorhinchus callorynchus, spotted wobbegong, Orectolobus maculatus, and seahorse, Hippocampus hippocampus

Balistes capriscus, or Grey Triggerfish (described here as a Filefish). Date: 1865

Balistes vetula, queen trigggerfish
Hand coloured etching from The Natural History of Carolina, Florida and the Bahama islands (1731) Vol. 2 by Mark Catesby

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