WoRMS taxon details
Rhinecanthus aculeatus (Linnaeus, 1758)
AphiaID: 219890
AphiaID: 219890
| 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 aculeatus (Linnaeus, 1758) Balistes aculeatus Linnaeus, 1758 Balistes heteracanthus Bleeker, 1859 Balistes ornatissimus Lesson, 1831 Monacanthus cheverti Alleyne & Macleay, 1877 Rhineacanthus aculeatus (Linnaeus, 1758) (misspelling) Rhinecanthus aculeatus aculeatus (Linnaeus, 1758) | ||||||||||
| 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] from synonym: Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae. ii, 824 pp., available online at http://gdz.sub.uni-goettingen.de/no_cache/dms/load/toc/?IDDOC=265100 [details] [view taxon] | ||||||||||
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| Direct child taxa [show all] | Subspecies Rhinecanthus aculeatus aculeatus (Linnaeus, 1758) accepted as Rhinecanthus aculeatus (Linnaeus, 1758) | ||||||||||
| Environment | marine, | ||||||||||
| Distribution | Chagos [details] Djibouti [details] Kenya [details] Mauritius [details] Mozambique [details] Reunion [details] Seychelles [details] Somalia [details] South Africa (country) [details] Watamu [details] | ||||||||||
| Links | To Barcode of Life (30 barcodes) To Biodiversity Heritage Library (12 publications) To Encyclopedia of Life To FishBase To GenBank (25 nucleotides; 46 proteins) To ITIS | ||||||||||
| Note |
Description: Commonly found in subtidal reef flats and shallow protected lagoons. Territorial. Feeds on algae, detritus, molluscs, crustaceans, worms, sea urchins, fishes, corals, tunicates, forams, and eggs. Also caught with drive-in nets and is considered a popular aquarium fish (Ref. 9770). [details] | ||||||||||
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| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:219890 | ||||||||||
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| Citation: Bailly, N. (2013). Rhinecanthus aculeatus (Linnaeus, 1758). 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=219890 on 2013-05-23 | |||||||||||
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