WoRMS taxon details
Pseudobalistes flavimarginatus (Rüppell, 1829)
AphiaID: 219884
AphiaID: 219884
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Pisces (Superclass) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Tetraodontiformes (Order) > Balistidae (Family) > Pseudobalistes (Genus) |
| Status | accepted | ||||||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | ||||||||||
| Rank | Species | ||||||||||
| Typetaxon of |
Pseudobalistes Bleeker, 1866 | ||||||||||
| Parent | Pseudobalistes Bleeker, 1866 | ||||||||||
| Synonymised taxa |
Balistes flavimarginatus Rüppell, 1829 Pseudobalistes flavomarginatus (Rüppell, 1829) (misspelling) | ||||||||||
| 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] Red Sea [details] Seychelles [details] Somalia [details] South Africa (country) [details] | ||||||||||
| Links | To Barcode of Life (5 barcodes) To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications) To Encyclopedia of Life To FishBase To GenBank (8 nucleotides; 30 proteins) To ITIS | ||||||||||
| Note |
Description: Generally occurs solitarily or in pairs in coral reefs. Feeds on tips of coral branches, gastropods, crustaceans, foraminiferans, and tunicates (Ref. 1602) and also on sea urchins (Ref. 9770). Nest-guarding females are aggressive (Ref. 9770). Also caught with drive-in nets. Marketed fresh and dried-salted (Ref. 9770). [details] | ||||||||||
| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:219884 | ||||||||||
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| Citation: Bailly, N. (2013). Pseudobalistes flavimarginatus (Rüppell, 1829). In: Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2013) FishBase. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=219884 on 2013-05-24 | |||||||||||
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