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Balistes Linnaeus, 1758
Nematobalistes Fraser-Brunner, 1935; (synonym)
Verrunculus Jordan, 1924; (synonym)
Chalisoma Swainson, 1839; (synonym)
Capriscus Ræse, 1793; (synonym)
Capriscus Klein, 1777; (not available, in synonym)
Capriscus Rafinesque, 1810; (synonym)

Balistes albipunctatus
Balistes albipunctatus Ehrenberg, 1829; (unavailable, no features)

Balistes albomarginatus
Balistes albomarginatus Ehrenberg, 1829; (unavailable, no features)

?Balistes amboinensis Gray, 1831

Balistes angulosus
Balistes angulosus Hollard, 1854; (1 HOMONYM)

?Balistes angusticauda Mitchill, 1818

?Balistes annularis Rafinesque, 1810

?Balistes arcuatus Bloch & Schneider, 1801

?Balistes armatus Bloch & Schneider, 1801

?Balistes aureolus Richardson, 1845

?Balistes auwawa Walbaum, 1792

?Balistes barbatus Walbaum, 1792

Balistes batillium
Balistes batillium Nardo (ex Chiereghini), 1847; (unavailable, manuscript name)
Balistes batillium Nardo (ex Chiereghini), 1847; (unavailable, no features)

?Balistes beeri Bleeker, 1860

?Balistes bicolor Shaw, 1804

?Balistes bipes Gronow, 1854

?Balistes brasiliensis Bloch & Schneider, 1801

?Balistes broccus Mitchill, 1815

?Balistes calolepis Hollard, 1853

?Balistes caper Giorna, 1809

?Balistes capistratus Shaw, 1804
Sufflamen capistratum Jordan, 1916; (valid as)

Balistes carolinensis Gmelin, 1789
Balistes capriscus Gmelin, 1789; (synonym)
Balistes carolinensis Gmelin, 1789; (synonym)
Balistes forcipatus Gmelin, 1789; (synonym)
Balistes spilotopterygius Walbaum, 1792; (synonym)
Capriscus capriscus Ræse, 1793; (synonym)
Balistes buniva Lacep¨de, 1803; (synonym)
Balistes caprinus Valenciennes, 1839; (synonym)
Balistes fuliginosus DeKay, 1842; (synonym)
Balistes capriscus Gronow, 1854; (synonym)
Balistes carolinensis Gronow, 1854; (synonym)
Balistes taeniopterus Poey, 1860; (synonym)
Balistes powellii Cope, 1870; (synonym)
Balistes moribundus Cope, 1871; (synonym)
Nematobalistes forcipatus Fraser-Brunner, 1935; (synonym)

?Balistes castaneus Richardson, 1845

Balistes chinensis
Balistes sinensis Gmelin, 1789; (synonym)
Balistes sinensis Gmelin, 1789; (unjustified emendation)

?Balistes chrysospilos Bleeker, 1853
Parabalistes chrysospilos Bleeker, 1865; (valid as)

Balistes cirrhosus
Balistes cirrhosus Ehrenberg, 1829; (unavailable, no features)

?Balistes communis Bonnaterre, 1788

?Balistes echarpe Anonymous, 1798

?Balistes erythropteron Lesson, 1831
Balistes erythropterus Swainson, 1838; (synonym)

?Balistes fasciatus Shaw, 1804

?Balistes fuscatus Rafinesque, 1814

?Balistes garnoti Castelnau, 1873

Balistes griseus
Balistes griseus Commerson, 1798; (opinion 89)

?Balistes gutturosus Hollard, 1854

?Balistes hihpe Richardson, 1845

?Balistes hispidulus Gronow, 1854

?Balistes humilus Herre, 1924

?Balistes jellaka Cuvier, 1829

?Balistes kleinii Gmelin, 1789
Balistes monoceros var. unicolor Bloch & Schneider, 1801; (synonym)
Balistes monoceros var. unicolor Bloch & Schneider, 1801; (unneeded replacement)

?Balistes lamouroux Quoy & Gaimard, 1824

?Balistes lima Bennett, 1832

?Balistes linguatula Gronow, 1854

?Balistes longirostris Walbaum, 1792

?Balistes lunulatus Risso, 1827

Balistes maculatus
Balistes maculatus var. immaculatus Bloch & Schneider, 1801; (unavailable)

?Balistes mauritianus Regan, 1903

?Balistes medinilla Quoy & Gaimard, 1824

?Balistes melanopleura Bleeker, 1849

Balistes membranaceus
Balistes membranaceus Ehrenberg, 1829; (unavailable, no features)

?Balistes meulenii Walbaum, 1792

?Balistes mitis Bennett, 1832

Balistes monoceros
?B. m. nigra Bloch & Schneider, 1801

Balistes mordax
Balistes mordax Ehrenberg, 1829; (unavailable, no features)

?Balistes mylii Bory de Saint-Vincent, 1822

?Balistes nebulosus Poey, 1860

Balistes niger
Balistes verrucosus Gronow, 1854; (synonym)
Balistes tamaked Montrouzier, 1857; (unavailable, in synonymy)

?Balistes nigra Forster, 1771

Balistes nigricans
Balistes nigricans Commerson, 1798; (opinion 89)
Balistes nigricans Ehrenberg, 1829; (unavailable, no features)

Balistes nigropunctatus
Balistes nigro-punctatus Osbeck, 1765; (misspelling)
Balistes nigropunctatus Osbeck, 1765; (misspelling)

?Balistes nummiferus Hermann, 1804

Balistes oire
Balistes oire Bennett, 1840; (misspelling)
Balistes ori© Bennett, 1840; (misspelling)

Balistes ornatissimus
Balistes ornatissimus Swainson, 1838; (1 HOMONYM)

?Balistes papillosus Linnaeus, 1758

?Balistes papuensis Macleay, 1883

?Balistes pellion Quoy & Gaimard, 1824-25

?Balistes pellucidus Hermann, 1804

Balistes polylepis Steindachner, 1876
Verrunculus polylepis Jordan, 1924; (valid as)
?B. p. rubicundus de Buen, 1959

?Balistes praslinensis Quoy & Gaimard, 1824

?Balistes praslinoides Lesson, 1831

Balistes punctatus Gmelin, 1789
Balistes guttatus Walbaum, 1792; (synonym)
Balistes ciliaris Bloch & Schneider, 1801; (synonym)
Balistes guttatus Cuvier, 1816; (unavailable, no features)
Balistes radiata Bowdich, 1825; (synonym)
Balistes punctatus Ehrenberg, 1829; (unavailable, no features)
Balistes dichrostigma Dum©ril (ex Guichenot), 1861; (unavailable, in synonymy)
Balistes dichrostigma Dum©ril (ex Guichenot), 1861; (unavailable, no features)
Balistes liberiensis Steindachner, 1867; (synonym)

Balistes quadrilineatus
Balistes quadrilineatus Ehrenberg, 1829; (unavailable, no features)

?Balistes reticulatus Hollard, 1854

Balistes ruficaudus
Balistes ruficaudus Ehrenberg, 1829; (unavailable, no features)

?Balistes scabrosus Richardson (ex Solander), 1846

?Balistes schmittii Bleeker, 1852

?Balistes sesquilineatus Lay & Bennett, 1839

?Balistes signatus Shaw, 1804

?Balistes sonneratii Shaw, 1804

?Balistes spinosissimus Quoy & Gaimard, 1824

Balistes spinosus
Balistes spinosus Meuschen, 1778; (opinion 260)

?Balistes striatus Gronow, 1854

?Balistes subarmatus Gray, 1831

?Balistes talpa Walbaum, 1792

?Balistes talpina Bory de Saint-Vincent, 1822-31

?Balistes theresae Curtiss, 1938

Balistes trilineatus
Balistes trilineatus Ehrenberg, 1829; (unavailable, no features)

?Balistes unicornu Basilewsky, 1855

?Balistes unimaculatus Shaw, 1804

Balistes vetula Linnaeus, 1758
Balistes vetulus Linnaeus, 1758; (valid as)
Chaetodon vetula Forssk¥l, 1775; (unavailable)
Balistes bellus Walbaum, 1792; (synonym)
Balistes equestris Gronow, 1854; (synonym)
Balistes vetula trinitatis Nichols & Murphy, 1914; (synonym)

Balistes villosus
Balistes villosus Cuvier, 1816; (unavailable, no features)

?Balistes virescens Shaw, 1804

?Balistes viridis Bloch & Schneider, 1801


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