WoRMS taxon details
Melichthys vidua (Richardson, 1845)
AphiaID: 219879
AphiaID: 219879
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Pisces (Superclass) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Tetraodontiformes (Order) > Balistidae (Family) > Melichthys (Genus) |
| Status | accepted | ||||||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | ||||||||||
| Rank | Species | ||||||||||
| Parent | Melichthys Swainson, 1839 | ||||||||||
| Synonymised taxa |
Balistes erythropterus (Fowler, 1946) Balistes vidua Richardson, 1845 Balistes vidua kamoharai Abe, 1958 Melichthys nycteris (Jordan & Evermann, 1903) Oncobalistes erythropterus Fowler, 1946 Pachynathus nycteris Jordan & Evermann, 1903 | ||||||||||
| Sources |
basis of record: Anon. (1996). FishBase 96 [CD-ROM]. ICLARM: Los Baños, Philippines. 1 cd-rom pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] additional source: FishBase, version december 2007, available online at http://www.fishbase.org [details] additional source: FishBase, version may 2009 [details] additional source: FishBase, version october 2012 [details] | ||||||||||
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| Environment | marine, | ||||||||||
| Distribution | Mozambique [details] Seychelles [details] Somalia [details] South Africa (country) [details] | ||||||||||
| Links | To Barcode of Life (10 barcodes) To Biodiversity Heritage Library (18 publications) To Encyclopedia of Life To FishBase To GenBank (10 nucleotides; 32 proteins) To ITIS | ||||||||||
| Note |
Description: Occurs in seaward reefs. Common in coral-rich areas exposed to currents (Ref. 1602). Diet consists mainly of algae and detritus but also takes in crustaceans, octopuses, sponges, and fishes (Ref. 1602). Also taken with drive-in nets. Marketed fresh (Ref. 9770). [details] | ||||||||||
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| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:219879 | ||||||||||
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| Citation: Bailly, N. (2013). Melichthys vidua (Richardson, 1845). In: Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2013) FishBase. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/authority/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=219879 on 2013-06-20 | |||||||||||
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