Balistoidei

Suborderaccepted · checked 2026-08-05WoRMS 1849267key worms:1849267

CalCOFI holds 98 observations of it in 2 datasets between 1958 and 2022, across 8 taxa under it.R

Photo · leonie_rennie · CC BY 4.0 · inat

Observed in nothing keyed to it directly

Every observation under it belongs to one of the taxa under it — 3 taxa · Balistidae most observed, in the fold below.

Code and endpoints R · Python · JSON

library(calcofi4r)
con <- cc_get_db()                      # the promoted release
tbl(con, "obs_bio") |> filter(taxon_key == "worms:1849267")

Read from taxa.json of release v2026.10.19, written at release by calcofi4db::build_taxa_catalog(). The catalog's index is /species/.

How big is it not on record

Not on record: no authority the fetcher reads carries a length for this taxon (a genus page could show the range of its species).

Under it 3 taxa · Balistidae most observed

Lineage 10 ranks · Biota to Tetraodontiformes

Credits silhouette · photo

Silhouette · Mathieu Pélissié · CC0 1.0 · PhyloPic, drawn from Balistes capriscus · source
Photo · leonie_rennie · CC BY 4.0 · inat · source

Cite the release, v2026.10.19

Cite the release, v2026.10.19; each dataset's own citation, licence and DOI are on its page. How to cite ↗