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Balistes Capriscus Balistes capriscus Le baliste cabri (Balistes capriscus) est une espèce de poissons vivant habituellement en milieu récifal sub-tropical. Il Balistes capriscus colonise également les lagons, les baies et les ports. Avec le réchauffement des températures, le baliste remonte très au nord, et il est devenu commun en septembre dans les filets de pêcheurs d'Audresselles (cap Gris-Nez), au nord du Pas-de- Calais. Il se nourrit de crustacés et de mollusques qu'il broie avec sa puissante mâchoire. Sa chair est ferme et gouteuse, il faut néanmoins fileter le poissons pour éviter la cuisson de la peau et de la tête qui donne un mauvais gout. Le filetage est très difficile à cause de l'épaisseur de la peau. Au moment de mourir, il émet des sons semblables à des Balistes grognements humains. Classification Pêche Règne Animalia Ce poisson est très agressif envers les autres poissons, la Embranchement Chordata daurade notamment. Il était considéré comme un poisson du Sous-embr. Vertebrata sud, mais depuis quelques années il remonte vers la France. Il a Super-classe Osteichthyes une mâchoire très puissante lui permettant de briser les coquilles d’huîtres et de moules, il faudra donc penser à utiliser Classe Actinopterygii une crinelle d'acier. De plus, il faut se méfier de ses épines Sous-classe Neopterygii dorsales très affûtées qu'il dresse lorsqu'il se sent en danger. Lorsqu'il sera sorti de l'eau, il faudra coucher ses épines de Infra-classe Teleostei l'avant vers l'arrière avec un chiffon très sec. Il se capture Super-ordre Acanthopterygii généralement sur les épaves, avec des appâts carnés (arénicoles, fleurette de maquereau,mégots de cigarette Ordre Tetraodontiformes notamment en surface...). Il a une touche très énergique, puis Sous-ordre Tetraodontoidei revient vers vous, le fil se détend et donne ses fameux "coups de tête". Une daurade sortie de l'eau aura tendance à bondir Famille Balistidae dans tous les sens. Le baliste, lui, ne bouge quasiment pas, il Genre Balistes fait le mort. Nom binominal Cette espèce fut décrite et nommée en 1789 par le naturaliste Balistes capriscus allemand Johann Friedrich Gmelin, dans le cadre de la Gmelin, 1789 13e édition du Systema Naturae de Carl von Linné. Statut de conservation UICN Liens externes (fr) Référence Catalogue of Life : Balistes capriscus Gmelin, 1789 (http://www.catalogueoflif e.org/col/search/scientific/genus/Balistes/species/c apriscus/match/1) (fr+en) Référence FishBase : espèce Balistes VU A2bd : Vulnérable capriscus Gmelin, 1789 (+ traduction) (+ noms vernaculaires 1 & 2) (fr+en) Référence ITIS : Balistes capriscus Gmelin, 1789 (http://www.cbif.gc.ca/acp/fra/siti/reg Sur les autres projets Wikimedia : arder?tsn=173138) (+ version anglaise ) (en) Référence Animal Diversity Web : Balistes Balistes capriscus (https://commons.wikimedia.org/ capriscus (http://animaldiversity.org/accounts/Balis wiki/Balistes_capriscus?uselang=fr), sur Wikimedia tes_capriscus/) Commons (en) Référence NCBI : Balistes capriscus (http://w ww.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/Taxonomy/Browser/wwwtax.c gi?lin=s&p=has_linkout&id=303685) (en) Référence UICN : espèce Balistes capriscus (http://apiv3.iucnredlist.org/api/v3/taxonredirect/193736/0) Ce document provient de « https://fr.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Balistes_capriscus&oldid=150776506 ». La dernière modification de cette page a été faite le 28 juillet 2018 à 21:20. Droit d'auteur : les textes sont disponibles sous licence Creative Commons attribution, partage dans les mêmes conditions ; d’autres conditions peuvent s’appliquer. Voyez les conditions d’utilisation pour plus de détails, ainsi que les crédits graphiques. En cas de réutilisation des textes de cette page, voyez comment citer les auteurs et mentionner la licence. Wikipedia® est une marque déposée de la Wikimedia Foundation, Inc., organisation de bienfaisance régie par le paragraphe 501(c)(3) du code fiscal des États-Unis. .
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