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Balistes vidua Richardson, 1845 
AphiaID: 307066

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Pisces (Superclass) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Tetraodontiformes (Order) > Balistidae (Family) > Balistes (Genus)
Status unaccepted unaccepted
Record
status		 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Accepted name  Melichthys vidua (Richardson, 1845)
Rank Species
Parent Balistes Linnaeus, 1758
Sources  basis of record: 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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Subspecies Balistes vidua kamoharai Abe, 1958 accepted as Melichthys vidua (Richardson, 1845)
Environment marine, brackish, fresh
Links To Biodiversity Heritage Library (37 publications)
To FishBase
Image 
Balistes vidua
Balistes vidua
added on 2008-08-20 - author: Collection Georges Declercq
qualitystatus: not checked
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:307066
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
Date   action   by
2008-02-28 13:41:07Z  created  Bailly, Nicolas
  
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  Citation: Bailly, N. (2013). Balistes vidua Richardson, 1845. 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=307066 on 2013-06-20
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