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queen turbot (Balistes vetula)
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Ecological Illustration of queen turbot (Balistes vetula)
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Balistidae

queen turbot

Balistes vetula

Electric blue lines circling the mouth

  • Tropical
  • Regional distribution
  • Marine fish
  • Atlantic Ocean
  • Deep-bodied
  • Large
  • Tropical fish

queen turbot is a marine fish of Western and Eastern Atlantic. The species occupies reef habitat. Records give a maximum length of 60 cm.

Water type
Marine
Body shape
deep_bodied
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