#2347 · 🐟 fish
Orangestripe Triggerfish
🇳🇱 Groene Trekkervis ·Balistapus undulatus
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what is it?
Balistapus undulatus , also known as the Orange-lined triggerfish is a demersal marine fish belonging to the family Balistidae, the triggerfishes. It is the only member of the monotypic genus Balistapus ....
base stats
Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).
fun facts
- No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
- 4,242 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
- Scientifically named by Mungo Park in 1797 (229 years ago).
fact sheet
- English
- Orangestripe Triggerfish
- Nederlands
- Groene Trekkervis
- scientific name
- Balistapus undulatus
- class
- Actinopterygii
- order
- Tetraodontiformes
- family
- Balistidae
- IUCN Red List
- LC · least concern
- sightings in NL
- 0
- sightings worldwide
- 4,242
- GBIF records in NL
- 0
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
- named
- 1797 by Mungo Park
IUCN in Dutch: niet bedreigd. Blank means the sources don't say.
relatives· Balistidae
Sources: iNaturalist taxon 57743, Wikidata Q1139189, GBIF 2407167, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.