WoRMS taxon details

Arothron meleagris (Anonymous, 1798)

219926  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:219926)

accepted
Species
Arothron meleagridis (Anonymous, 1798) · unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling
Tetraodon setosus Smith, 1886 · unaccepted (synonym)
Tetrodon meleagris Anonymous, 1798 · unaccepted (misspelling)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Tetrodon meleagris Anonymous, 1798) Anonymous [Lacepède]. (1798). Paris b. Plassan: Histoire naturelle des poissons par le Cit. La Cepède, etc. (Beschluss der im vorigen Stücke abgebrochenen Recension). <em>Allgemeine Literatur-Zeitung.</em> 1798 (pt. 3) (no. 288) (for 25 Sept. 1798): cols. 681-685. [Book review. First Latinization of Antennarius commerson and Tetrodon meleagris.]. [details]   
Description Occurs in coral-rich areas of clear lagoon and seaward reefs to a depth of over 14 m. Feeds mainly on tips of branching...  
Description Occurs in coral-rich areas of clear lagoon and seaward reefs to a depth of over 14 m. Feeds mainly on tips of branching corals and to a lesser extent on sponges, molluscs, bryozoans, tunicates, forams, algae, and detritus. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2024). FishBase. Arothron meleagris (Anonymous, 1798). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=219926 on 2024-10-09
Date
action
by
1997-07-08 08:51:41Z
created
2008-01-15 17:27:08Z
changed
2010-05-06 12:14:18Z
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original description  (of Tetrodon meleagris Anonymous, 1798) Anonymous [Lacepède]. (1798). Paris b. Plassan: Histoire naturelle des poissons par le Cit. La Cepède, etc. (Beschluss der im vorigen Stücke abgebrochenen Recension). <em>Allgemeine Literatur-Zeitung.</em> 1798 (pt. 3) (no. 288) (for 25 Sept. 1798): cols. 681-685. [Book review. First Latinization of Antennarius commerson and Tetrodon meleagris.]. [details]   

original description  (of Arothron ophryas Cope, 1871) Cope, E. D. (1871). Contribution to the ichthyology of the Lesser Antilles. <em>Transactions of the American Philosophical Society (New Series).</em> v. 14 (pt 3) (art. 5): 445-483.
page(s): 479 [details]   

context source (HKRMS) Hong Kong marine fish database. <em>AFCD.</em> , available online at https://www.hk-fish.net/en/fish/introduction/ [details]   

basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2024). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]   

additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS[details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 

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]  OpenAccess publication 
 
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

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Authority Authority (Shaw, 1758) in <130> [details]

Description Occurs in coral-rich areas of clear lagoon and seaward reefs to a depth of over 14 m. Feeds mainly on tips of branching corals and to a lesser extent on sponges, molluscs, bryozoans, tunicates, forams, algae, and detritus. [details]
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English Guineafowl puffer  [details]
Japanese ミゾレフグ  [details]
Spanish botete aletas punteadas  [details]