灰鳞鲀为辐鳍鱼纲鲀形目鳞鲀亚目鳞鲀科的其中一种。

本鱼分布于东大西洋区，从地中海至安哥拉；西大西洋区，从加拿大新斯科细亚省至阿根廷北部海域。

The grey triggerfish (Balistes capriscus) is a ray-finned fish in the triggerfish family. The species is native to shallow parts of the western Atlantic from Nova Scotia to Argentina and also the eastern Atlantic, the Mediterranean Sea and off Angola on the west coast of Africa.