WoRMS name details
Abalistes stellaris (Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
219872 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:219872)
unaccepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Balistes stellaris Bloch & Schneider, 1801) Bloch, M.E.; Schneider, J.G. (1801). M.E. Blochii, Systema Ichthyologiae iconibus cx illustratum. Post obitum auctoris opus inchoatum absolvit, correxit, interpolavit Jo. <em>Gottlob Schneider, Saxo. Berolini. Sumtibus Auctoris Impressum et Bibliopolio Sanderiano Commissum.</em> Pp i-lx + 1-584, Pls. 1-110., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/5750#/summary [details]
Description Inhabits coastal areas, usually found over muddy and sandy bottoms, also around reefs, together with the sponges and algae...
Description Inhabits coastal areas, usually found over muddy and sandy bottoms, also around reefs, together with the sponges and algae (Ref. 5213). Feeds on benthic animals (Ref. 9769). Also caught with vertical longlines (Ref. 9770). Marketed fresh and dried-salted (Ref. 9770). [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Abalistes stellaris (Bloch & Schneider, 1801). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=219872 on 2025-04-30
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Balistes stellaris Bloch & Schneider, 1801) Bloch, M.E.; Schneider, J.G. (1801). M.E. Blochii, Systema Ichthyologiae iconibus cx illustratum. Post obitum auctoris opus inchoatum absolvit, correxit, interpolavit Jo. <em>Gottlob Schneider, Saxo. Berolini. Sumtibus Auctoris Impressum et Bibliopolio Sanderiano Commissum.</em> Pp i-lx + 1-584, Pls. 1-110., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/5750#/summary [details]
basis of record Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2025). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. <em>California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco.</em> Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2025., available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details]
basis of record Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2025). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. <em>California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco.</em> Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2025., available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details]
Other
context source (Deepsea)
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
context source (HKRMS) Hong Kong marine fish database. <em>AFCD.</em> , available online at https://www.hk-fish.net/en/fish/introduction/ [details]
additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
context source (HKRMS) Hong Kong marine fish database. <em>AFCD.</em> , available online at https://www.hk-fish.net/en/fish/introduction/ [details]
additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Description Inhabits coastal areas, usually found over muddy and sandy bottoms, also around reefs, together with the sponges and algae (Ref. 5213). Feeds on benthic animals (Ref. 9769). Also caught with vertical longlines (Ref. 9770). Marketed fresh and dried-salted (Ref. 9770). [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | starry triggerfish | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (14 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (11 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Abalistes stellaris)
To FishBase
To FishBase images (Abalistes stellaris, Bahrain, by Randall, J.E.)
To GenBank (20 nucleotides; 50 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Abalistes stellaris FIN026715 Slide 120 mm)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (11 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Abalistes stellaris)
To FishBase
To FishBase images (Abalistes stellaris, Bahrain, by Randall, J.E.)
To GenBank (20 nucleotides; 50 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Abalistes stellaris FIN026715 Slide 120 mm)
To ITIS
