Grey Triggerfish Balistes capriscus
A tough, oval reef fish with a locking dorsal spine and a beak-like mouth.
- Family: Balistidae
- Rarity: Common
- Average length: 35 cm
- Max length: 60 cm
- Max weight: 6.2 kg
- Habitat: reef
- Regions: atlantic-west, atlantic-east, mediterranean, gulf-of-mexico
- Edible: yes
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It locks its first spine upright to wedge itself into crevices.
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