WoRMS taxon details
Xanthichthys caeruleolineatus Randall, Matsuura & Zama, 1978
219898 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:219898)
                    accepted
                    
                        
                
                    Species
                    
                        
                Xanthichthys caeuleolineatus Randall, Matsuura & Zama, 1978 · unaccepted (misspelling)
Xanthichthys careuleolineatus Randall, Matsuura & Zama, 1978 · unaccepted (misspelling)
Xenobalistes punctatus Heemstra & Smith, 1983 · unaccepted
                    
                marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
                    
            
            
                                                                    
            
                    
                
Randall, J. E.; Matsuura, K.; Zama, A. (1978). A revision of the triggerfish genus Xanthichthys, with description of a new species. <em>Bulletin of Marine Science.</em> 28 (4): 688-706. [details] 
                    
            
            
                                                                    
            
                    
                Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Xanthichthys caeruleolineatus Randall, Matsuura & Zama, 1978. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=219898 on 2025-11-04
                    
            
            
                                                
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Nomenclature
original description
Randall, J. E.; Matsuura, K.; Zama, A. (1978). A revision of the triggerfish genus Xanthichthys, with description of a new species. <em>Bulletin of Marine Science.</em> 28 (4): 688-706. [details] 
original description (of Xenobalistes punctatus Heemstra & Smith, 1983) Heemstra, P. C.; Smith M. M. (1983). A new species of the triggerfish genus Xenobalistes Matsuura (Tetraodontiformes: Balistidae) from South Africa. <em>The J.L.B Smith Institute of Ichthyology Special Publication.</em> 26: 1-5. [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 Xenobalistes punctatus Heemstra & Smith, 1983) Heemstra, P. C.; Smith M. M. (1983). A new species of the triggerfish genus Xenobalistes Matsuura (Tetraodontiformes: Balistidae) from South Africa. <em>The J.L.B Smith Institute of Ichthyology Special Publication.</em> 26: 1-5. [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] 
                    
 Present 
 Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio  
 Inaccurate 
 Introduced: alien 
 Containing type locality 
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Japanese | アオスジモンガラ | [details] | 
            To Barcode of Life (3 barcodes) 
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Xanthichthys caeruleolineatus)
To FishBase (from synonym Xenobalistes punctatus Heemstra & Smith, 1983)
To FishBase (from synonym Xanthichthys careuleolineatus Randall, Matsuura & Zama, 1978)
To FishBase (from synonym Xanthichthys caeuleolineatus Randall, Matsuura & Zama, 1978)
To FishBase
To GenBank (5 nucleotides; 15 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Xanthichthys caeruleolineatus USNM 409149 photograph lateral view)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Xanthichthys caeruleolineatus USNM 424841 photograph lateral view)
To ITIS
        
    
                            
    
                    
                    
            To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Xanthichthys caeruleolineatus)
To FishBase (from synonym Xenobalistes punctatus Heemstra & Smith, 1983)
To FishBase (from synonym Xanthichthys careuleolineatus Randall, Matsuura & Zama, 1978)
To FishBase (from synonym Xanthichthys caeuleolineatus Randall, Matsuura & Zama, 1978)
To FishBase
To GenBank (5 nucleotides; 15 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Xanthichthys caeruleolineatus USNM 409149 photograph lateral view)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Xanthichthys caeruleolineatus USNM 424841 photograph lateral view)
To ITIS