Grey triggerfish

3D Model

3D scan of the skeleton of a grey triggerfish (Balistes capriscus).

The grey triggerfish is a species of ray-finned fish in the triggerfish family. The species is native to shallow parts of the western Atlantic from Nova Scotia to Argentina and also the eastern Atlantic, the Mediterranean Sea and off Angola on the west coast of Africa. It is a medium-sized fish that can grow up to 60 cm (the more common length is 44 cm). It feed on bottom-dwelling invertebrates such as shrimps, crabs, molluscs, sea urchins, sand dollars, starfish and sea cucumbers.

Specimen: grey triggerfish, Balistes capriscus Gmelin, 1789

Inventory number: P 443

Collection: Natural History Museum University of Pisa

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Scanned and edited by Simone Farina

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