WoRMS taxon details
Rhinecanthus rectangulus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
AphiaID: 219886
AphiaID: 219886
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Pisces (Superclass) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Tetraodontiformes (Order) > Balistidae (Family) > Rhinecanthus (Genus) |
| Status | accepted | ||||||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | ||||||||||
| Rank | Species | ||||||||||
| Parent | Rhinecanthus Swainson, 1839 | ||||||||||
| Synonymised taxa |
Balistapus rectangulus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801) Balistes echarpe Anonymous, 1798 Balistes rectangulus Bloch & Schneider, 1801 Rhinecanthus echarpe (Anonymous, 1798) Rhinecanthus rectangulatus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801) (misspelling) Rhinecanthus retangulus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801) (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: Roberts, C.; Stewart, A.; Francis, M. (2009). Marine fishes (Chordata). In: Gordon, D. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand Inventory of Biodiversity. Volume One: Kingdom Animalia. 584 pp [details] additional source: FishBase, version october 2012 [details] | ||||||||||
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| Environment | marine, | ||||||||||
| Distribution | Chagos [details] Kenya [details] Madagascar [details] Mauritius [details] Mozambique [details] New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone [details] Reunion [details] Seychelles [details] Somalia [details] South Africa (country) [details] Tanzania [details] | ||||||||||
| Links | To Barcode of Life (8 barcodes) To Biodiversity Heritage Library (11 publications) To Encyclopedia of Life To FishBase To GenBank (11 nucleotides; 9 proteins) To ITIS | ||||||||||
| Note |
Description: Occurs in shallow outer reefs subject to surge (Ref. 9770). Commonly found over barren rock or the spur-and-groove zone where there is a mixture of bare rock, rubble, and coral. Feeds on algae, detritus, molluscs, crustaceans, worms, echinoderms, fishes, sponges, foraminiferans, and eggs. Territorial. Also taken by drive-in nets (Ref. 9770). [details] | ||||||||||
| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:219886 | ||||||||||
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| Citation: Bailly, N. (2013). Rhinecanthus rectangulus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801). 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=219886 on 2013-06-19 | |||||||||||
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