WoRMS taxon details

Rhinecanthus rectangulus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801)

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219886  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:219886)

accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Balistes rectangulus 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
page(s): 465 [details]   
Description Occurs in shallow outer reefs subject to surge (Ref. 9770). Commonly found over barren rock or the spur-and-groove zone...  
Description Occurs in shallow outer reefs subject to surge (Ref. 9770). Commonly found over barren rock or the spur-and-groove zone where there is a mixture of bare rock, rubble, and coral. Feeds on algae, detritus, molluscs, crustaceans, worms, echinoderms, fishes, sponges, foraminiferans, and eggs. Territorial. Also taken by drive-in nets (Ref. 9770). [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2023). FishBase. Rhinecanthus rectangulus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=219886 on 2023-06-05
Date
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1997-02-24 18:26:33Z
created
2008-01-15 17:27:08Z
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original description  (of Balistes echarpe Anonymous [Lacepède], 1798) Anonymous [Lacepède]. (1798). [Review of] Tome I of `Histoire naturelle des poissons' by Lacepède (1798). <em>Allgemeine Literatur-Zeitung.</em> 798 (pt. 3) (no. 287) (for 24 Sept. 1798): columns 673-680. [Presented at meeting of 24 September. Apparently the first Latinization of a few Lacepède genera.]. [details]   

original description  (of Balistes rectangulus 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
page(s): 465 [details]   

basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2023). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (02/2023)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]   

additional source King, C.M.; Roberts, C.D.; Bell, B.D.; Fordyce, R.E.; Nicoll, R.S.; Worthy, T.H.; Paulin, C.D.; Hitchmough, R.A.; Keyes, I.W.; Baker, A.N.; Stewart, A.L.; Hiller, N.; McDowall, R.M.; Holdaway, R.N.; McPhee, R.P.; Schwarzhans, W.W.; Tennyson, A.J.D.; Rust, S.; Macadie, I. (2009). Phylum Chordata: lancelets, fishes, amphibians, reptiles, birds, mammals. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> pp. 431-554. [details]   
 
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

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Description Occurs in shallow outer reefs subject to surge (Ref. 9770). Commonly found over barren rock or the spur-and-groove zone where there is a mixture of bare rock, rubble, and coral. Feeds on algae, detritus, molluscs, crustaceans, worms, echinoderms, fishes, sponges, foraminiferans, and eggs. Territorial. Also taken by drive-in nets (Ref. 9770). [details]
LanguageName 
English wedge-tail triggerfish  [details]
Japanese タスキモンガラ  [details]
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To NMNH Extant Collection (Rhinecanthus rectangulus USNM 408480 photograph lateral view)
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To NMNH Extant Collection (Rhinecanthus rectangulus USNM 408767 photograph lateral view)
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