Pseudobalistes
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| image = Baliste vermiculé (Pseudobalistes fuscus) (Ifremer 00766-87767 - 46838).jpg
| image_caption = Pseudobalistes fuscus
| taxon = Pseudobalistes
| authority = Bleeker, 1865
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Pseudobalistes is a genus of fish belonging to the family Balistidae.
Species
There are currently 3 recognized species in this genus:{{cite journal|doi=10.1007/s10228-014-0444-5|title=Taxonomy and systematics of tetraodontiform fishes: A review focusing primarily on progress in the period from 1980 to 2014|year=2015|last1=Matsuura|first1=Keiichi|journal=Ichthyological Research|volume=62|pages=72–113|s2cid=15223867|doi-access=free}}
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Image | Scientific name | Common Name | Distribution |
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120px | Pseudobalistes flavomarginatus Rüppell, 1829 | Yellowmargin triggerfish | Indo-Pacific from the Red Sea south to Natal, South Africa and east from southern Japan south to Indonesia, Philippines and Samoa |
120px | Pseudobalistes fuscus (Bloch & J. G. Schneider, 1801) | blue triggerfish, rippled triggerfish, yellow-spotted triggerfish and blue-and-gold triggerfish | Tropical Indo-Pacific, from the Red Sea to South Africa, Society Islands, southern Japan, Australia and New Caledonia. |
120px | Pseudobalistes naufragium D. S. Jordan & Starks, 1895 | Stone triggerfish | eastern Pacific, ranging from Baja California (Mexico) to Chile. |