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B capriscus
Trigger Trig"ger, n. [For older tricker, from D. trekker, fr. trekken to draw, pull. See Trick, n.] 1. A catch to hold the wheel of a carriage on a declivity. 2. (Mech.) A piece, as a lever, which is connected with a catch or detent as a means of releasing it; especially (Firearms), the part of a lock which is moved by the finger to release the cock and discharge the piece. Trigger fish (Zo["o]l.), a large plectognath fish (Balistes Carolinensis or B. capriscus) common on the southern coast of the United States, and valued as a food fish in some localities. Its rough skin is used for scouring and polishing in the place of sandpaper. Called also leather jacket, and turbot.

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- The grey triggerfish (Balistes capriscus), or gray triggerfish, is a species of ray-finned fish in the triggerfish family Balistidae, the triggerfishes...
- was given as Mauritius. In 1839 William Swainson created a subgenus of Capriscus he called Leiurus but he had already preoccupied this name with a subgenus...
- should be avoided. Others, however, such as the grey triggerfish (Balistes capriscus), are edible. The reef triggerfish is the state fish of Hawaii. Most triggerfish...
- vetula Linnaeus, 1758 Synonyms Ballistes Billberg, 1833 Capriscus Artedi, in Röse, 1793 Capriscus Rafinesque, 1810 Nematobalistes Fraser-Brunner, 1935 Verrunculus...
- most significant predator of S. latus is the grey triggerfish, Balistes capriscus, although a number of other fish species have also been reported to prey...
- be distinguished from the similar-appearing gray triggerfish (Balistes capriscus) by the presence of a black blotch at the base of each pectoral fin. The...
- Fish, polychromic terracotta, 5th century BCE, found in Amathus, depicting a grey triggerfish (Balistes capriscus)...
-  Turkey Not evaluated Ordo: Tetraodontiformes Family: Balistidae Balistes capriscus (Gmelin, 1789) Grey triggerfish Native  Bulgaria,  Turkey,  Ukraine Not...
- visitors, who migrate northwards from warmer waters in the south. Balistes capriscus (gray triggerfish) Chilomycterus schoepfii (striped burrfish) Mola mola...
- Mola mola Slender sunfish, Ranzania laevis Grey triggerfish, Balistes capriscus Rough triggerfish, Canthidermis maculata Oceanic puffer, Lagocephalus...