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Definition of Balistes vetula
1. Noun. Tropical Atlantic fish.
Generic synonyms: Triggerfish
Group relationships: Balistes, Genus Balistes
Lexicographical Neighbors of Balistes Vetula
Literary usage of Balistes vetula
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History by American Museum of Natural History (1914)
"Close to Balistes vetula as occurring in the West Indian fauna, but more pointed
anteriorly than any specimen of that species seen by us. ..."
2. Bulletin of the Essex Institute by Essex Institute (1891)
"ON Balistes vetula Linne. BY S. GARMAN. A HANDSOME specimen of this fish was
taken at Wood's Holl, Mass., about the first of October and forwarded to Prof. ..."
3. Report of the Annual Meeting (1846)
"5, 6), which may possibly be from the Chinese sea; but the locality of their
capture was not noted. Balistes vetula, Lin. ..."
4. The American Naturalist by American Society of Naturalists, Essex Institute (1898)
"... for each are given in Japanese except for those coming from extra-Japonic waters.
The collection is almost exclusively Japanese, Balistes vetula, ..."
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