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title: "Orangestripe Triggerfish"
description: "Balistapus undulatus — Pesci. The orange-lined triggerfish (Balistapus undulatus), also known as the orangestripe triggerfish, red-lined triggerfish, striped triggerfish or vermiculated triggerfish, is a species of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Balistidae, the triggerfishes."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/it/animal/orangestripe-triggerfish
last_updated: 2026-09-20
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# Orangestripe Triggerfish

> Balistapus undulatus — Pesci. The orange-lined triggerfish (Balistapus undulatus), also known as the orangestripe triggerfish, red-lined triggerfish, striped triggerfish or vermiculated triggerfish, is a species of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Balistidae, the triggerfishes.

- Scientific name: *Balistapus undulatus*
- Category: `fish` (Pesci)
- Habitats: `sea` (Mare e costa)
- iNaturalist observations: 4107
- Wikidata: [Q1139189](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1139189)
- iNaturalist taxon: [57743](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/57743)

## Names

- en: Orangestripe Triggerfish
- de: Orangestreifen-Drückerfisch
- es: Ballesta Picasso de Rayas Anaranjadas
- fr: Baliste ondulé

## Countries with the most observations

ID (812), PF (407), EG (403), MV (386), FJ (237), PH (232), AU (92), GU (83), JP (72), TH (69), VU (69), MY (45)

## Summary

The orange-lined triggerfish (Balistapus undulatus), also known as the orangestripe triggerfish, red-lined triggerfish, striped triggerfish or vermiculated triggerfish, is a species of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Balistidae, the triggerfishes.  This species is the only species in the monospecific genus Balistapus, which is closely related to the genus Balistoides, if that genus is reclassified as a monospecific genus with the clown triggerfish as its only species. The orange-lined triggerfish has a wide Indo-Pacific range.

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

## Photo

![Orangestripe Triggerfish](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/orangestripe-triggerfish/medium.jpg)

Photo: Raffaele Maiorano · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/154431999

## Machine access

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