Synonyma
Ballistes Billberg, 1833 ― Balistes vetula Linnaeus, 1758
Billberg, G. J. 1833. Om ichthyologien och beskrifning öfver några nya fiskarter af samkäksslägtet Syngnathus. Linnéska Samfundets Handlingar v. 1 (for 1832): 47-55, 1 pl.
Capriscus Artedi in Röse, 1793 ― Balistes capriscus Gmelin, 1789
Röse, A. F. 1793. Petri Artedi AngermanniaSueci synonymia nominum piscium fere omnium;... Ichthyologiae pars IV. Editio II. Grypeswaldiae. i-ii + 1-140.
Capriscus Rafinesque, 1810 ― Capriscus porcus Rafinesque, 1810
Rafinesque, C. S. 1810. Indice d'ittiologia siciliana; ossia, catalogo metodico dei nomi latini, italiani, e siciliani dei pesci, che si rinvengono in Sicilia disposti secondo un metodo naturale e seguito da un appendice che contiene la descrizione de alcuni nuovi pesci siciliani. G. del Nobolo, Messina. 1-70, Pls. 1-2.
Chalisoma Swainson, 1839 ― Balistes pulcherrimus Lesson, 1830
Swainson, W. 1839. On the natural history and classification of fishes, amphibians, & reptiles, or monocardian animals. Spottiswoode & Co., London. v. 2: i-vi + 1-452.
Nematobalistes Fraser-Brunner, 1935 ― Balistes forcipatus Gmelin, 1789
Fraser-Brunner, A. 1935. Notes on the Plectognath fishes.I. A synopsis of the genera of the family Balistidae. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 10) v. 15 (no. 90): 658-663.
Verrunculus Jordan, 1924 ― Balistes polylepis Steindachner, 1876
Jordan, D. S. 1924. Rare species of fishes from the coast of southern California. Copeia No. 134: 81-82.
Typový druh
Balistes vetula Linnaeus, 1758.
Původní popis
Linnaeus, C. 1758. Systema Naturae, Ed. X. (Systema naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata.). Holmiae. v. 1: i-ii + 1-824.
Použitá literatura
Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). 2025. Eschmeyer's catalog of fishes: Genera, species, references. World Wide Web.