WoRMS taxon details
Canthigaster rivulata (Temminck & Schlegel, 1850)
219937 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:219937)
accepted
Species
Canthigaster caudofasciata (Günther, 1870) · unaccepted
Canthigaster caudofasciatus (Günther, 1870) · unaccepted
Canthigaster notospilus Fowler, 1941 · unaccepted
Cathigaster caudofasciata (Günther, 1870) · unaccepted (misspelling)
Eumycterias bitaeniatus Jenkins, 1901 · unaccepted
Tetraodon rivulatus Temminck & Schlegel, 1850 · unaccepted
Tetrodon caudofasciatus Günther, 1870 · unaccepted
Tropidichthys caudofasciatus (Günther, 1870) · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Tetraodon rivulatus Temminck & Schlegel, 1850) Temminck, C. J.; Schlegel, H. (1850). Pisces. <em>In: Siebold, P. F. de (ed.): Fauna Japonica, sive descriptio animalium, quae in itinere per Japoniam ... suscepto annis 1823-1830 collegit, notis, observationibus et adumbrationibus illustravit Ph. Fr. de Siebold. Lugduni Batavorum [Leiden] (A. Arnz et soc.). Last part (15): 270-324.</em> [details] 
Description Inhabits reefs down to 100 m in Hawaii. Also found in trawling grounds.
Description Inhabits reefs down to 100 m in Hawaii. Also found in trawling grounds. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Canthigaster rivulata (Temminck & Schlegel, 1850). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=219937 on 2025-06-23
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Canthigaster notospilus Fowler, 1941) Fowler, H. W. (1941). The George Vanderbilt Oahu survey--the fishes. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> v. 93: 247-279. [details]
original description (of Tetraodon rivulatus Temminck & Schlegel, 1850) Temminck, C. J.; Schlegel, H. (1850). Pisces. <em>In: Siebold, P. F. de (ed.): Fauna Japonica, sive descriptio animalium, quae in itinere per Japoniam ... suscepto annis 1823-1830 collegit, notis, observationibus et adumbrationibus illustravit Ph. Fr. de Siebold. Lugduni Batavorum [Leiden] (A. Arnz et soc.). Last part (15): 270-324.</em> [details]
original description (of Eumycterias bitaeniatus Jenkins, 1901) Jenkins, O. P. (1901). Descriptions of fifteen new species of fishes from the Hawaiian Islands. <em>Bulletin of the U. S. Fish Commission.</em> 19 (1899): 387-404. [details]
original description (of Tetrodon caudofasciatus Günther, 1870) Günther, A. (1870). Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum. Catalogue of the Physostomi, containing the families Gymnotidae, Symbranchidae, Muraenidae, Pegasidae, and of the Lophobranchii, Plectognathi, Dipnoi, ...[thru] ... Leptocardii, in the British Museum. v. 8: i-xxv + 1-549. [details]
basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
original description (of Tetraodon rivulatus Temminck & Schlegel, 1850) Temminck, C. J.; Schlegel, H. (1850). Pisces. <em>In: Siebold, P. F. de (ed.): Fauna Japonica, sive descriptio animalium, quae in itinere per Japoniam ... suscepto annis 1823-1830 collegit, notis, observationibus et adumbrationibus illustravit Ph. Fr. de Siebold. Lugduni Batavorum [Leiden] (A. Arnz et soc.). Last part (15): 270-324.</em> [details]
original description (of Eumycterias bitaeniatus Jenkins, 1901) Jenkins, O. P. (1901). Descriptions of fifteen new species of fishes from the Hawaiian Islands. <em>Bulletin of the U. S. Fish Commission.</em> 19 (1899): 387-404. [details]
original description (of Tetrodon caudofasciatus Günther, 1870) Günther, A. (1870). Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum. Catalogue of the Physostomi, containing the families Gymnotidae, Symbranchidae, Muraenidae, Pegasidae, and of the Lophobranchii, Plectognathi, Dipnoi, ...[thru] ... Leptocardii, in the British Museum. v. 8: i-xxv + 1-549. [details]
basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
Ecology
ecology source
Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details] 
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Description Inhabits reefs down to 100 m in Hawaii. Also found in trawling grounds. [details]Habitat Known from seamounts and knolls [details]
Remark Author Eschmeyer, pers. comm. [details]
To Barcode of Life (16 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Eumycterias bitaeniatus Jenkins, 1901)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Tropidichthys caudofasciatus (Günther, 1870))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Canthigaster caudofasciatus (Günther, 1870))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Tetraodon rivulatus Temminck & Schlegel, 1850)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Tetrodon caudofasciatus Günther, 1870)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Tetraodon rivulatus Temminck & Schlegel, 1850)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Canthigaster rivulata)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Eumycterias bitaeniatus Jenkins, 1901)
To FishBase (from synonym Canthigaster notospilus Fowler, 1941)
To FishBase (from synonym Tetraodon rivulatus Temminck & Schlegel, 1850)
To FishBase (from synonym Canthigaster caudofasciata (Günther, 1870))
To FishBase (from synonym Canthigaster caudofasciatus (Günther, 1870))
To FishBase (from synonym Cathigaster caudofasciata (Günther, 1870))
To FishBase (from synonym Tetrodon caudofasciatus Günther, 1870)
To FishBase (from synonym Tropidichthys caudofasciatus (Günther, 1870))
To FishBase images (Canthigaster rivulata, Japan, by Tanaka, H.)
To GenBank (22 nucleotides; 40 proteins)
To GenBank (22 nucleotides; 40 proteins) (from synonym Tetraodon rivulatus Temminck & Schlegel, 1850)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NHMUK collection (Tetrodon caudofasciatus Günther, 1870; HOLOTYPE; NHMUK:ecatalogue:3133303) (from synonym Tetrodon caudofasciatus Günther, 1870)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Canthigaster rivulata FIN034737 Slide 120 mm)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Canthigaster rivulata FIN034773 Slide 120 mm)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Eumycterias bitaeneatus P10744 illustration) (from synonym Eumycterias bitaeniatus Jenkins, 1901)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Eumycterias bitaeniatus Jenkins, 1901)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Tropidichthys caudofasciatus (Günther, 1870))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Canthigaster caudofasciatus (Günther, 1870))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Tetraodon rivulatus Temminck & Schlegel, 1850)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Tetrodon caudofasciatus Günther, 1870)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Tetraodon rivulatus Temminck & Schlegel, 1850)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Canthigaster rivulata)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Eumycterias bitaeniatus Jenkins, 1901)
To FishBase (from synonym Canthigaster notospilus Fowler, 1941)
To FishBase (from synonym Tetraodon rivulatus Temminck & Schlegel, 1850)
To FishBase (from synonym Canthigaster caudofasciata (Günther, 1870))
To FishBase (from synonym Canthigaster caudofasciatus (Günther, 1870))
To FishBase (from synonym Cathigaster caudofasciata (Günther, 1870))
To FishBase (from synonym Tetrodon caudofasciatus Günther, 1870)
To FishBase (from synonym Tropidichthys caudofasciatus (Günther, 1870))
To FishBase images (Canthigaster rivulata, Japan, by Tanaka, H.)
To GenBank (22 nucleotides; 40 proteins)
To GenBank (22 nucleotides; 40 proteins) (from synonym Tetraodon rivulatus Temminck & Schlegel, 1850)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NHMUK collection (Tetrodon caudofasciatus Günther, 1870; HOLOTYPE; NHMUK:ecatalogue:3133303) (from synonym Tetrodon caudofasciatus Günther, 1870)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Canthigaster rivulata FIN034737 Slide 120 mm)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Canthigaster rivulata FIN034773 Slide 120 mm)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Eumycterias bitaeneatus P10744 illustration) (from synonym Eumycterias bitaeniatus Jenkins, 1901)
To ITIS