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title: "Cochi"
description: "Balistes polylepis — Peces. Balistes polylepis, the finescale triggerfish, is a species of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Balistidae, the triggerfishes."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/es/animal/finescale-triggerfish
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Cochi

> Balistes polylepis — Peces. Balistes polylepis, the finescale triggerfish, is a species of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Balistidae, the triggerfishes.

- Scientific name: *Balistes polylepis*
- Category: `fish` (Peces)
- Habitats: `sea` (Mar y costa)
- iNaturalist observations: 1388
- Wikidata: [Q1975420](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1975420)
- iNaturalist taxon: [95064](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/95064)

## Names

- en: Finescale Triggerfish
- es: Cochi
- fr: Baliste coche

## Countries with the most observations

MX (773), EC (163), US (144), CR (76), PE (26), PA (16), CL (6), CO (3), GT (3)

## Summary

Balistes polylepis, the finescale triggerfish, is a species of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Balistidae, the triggerfishes. This triggerfish is found in the Eastern Pacific Ocean.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balistes_polylepis

## Photo

![Cochi](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/finescale-triggerfish/medium.jpg)

Photo: Rod · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/150729902

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/finescale-triggerfish?lang=es` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).