WoRMS taxon details

Canthigaster bennetti (Bleeker, 1854)

219938  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:219938)

accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Tropidichthys bennetti Bleeker, 1854) Bleeker, P. (1854). Vijfde bijdrage tot de kennis der ichthyologische fauna van Amboina. <em>Natuurkundig Tijdschrift voor Nederlandsch Indië.</em> v. 6 (no. 3): 455-508. [details]   
Description Inhabits inner reef flats and sheltered lagoons. Rarely seen to a depth of 10 m on seaward reefs. Feeds mainly on...  
Description Inhabits inner reef flats and sheltered lagoons. Rarely seen to a depth of 10 m on seaward reefs. Feeds mainly on filamentous green algae and to a lesser extent on fleshy and coralline red algae and on benthic invertebrates. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2024). FishBase. Canthigaster bennetti (Bleeker, 1854). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=219938 on 2024-04-26
Date
action
by
1997-07-08 08:51:41Z
created
2008-01-15 17:27:08Z
changed

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original description  (of Tropidichthys bennetti Bleeker, 1854) Bleeker, P. (1854). Vijfde bijdrage tot de kennis der ichthyologische fauna van Amboina. <em>Natuurkundig Tijdschrift voor Nederlandsch Indië.</em> v. 6 (no. 3): 455-508. [details]   

original description  (of Tetrodon ocellatus Bennett, 1830) Bennett, J. W. (1828-30). A selection from the most remarkable and interesting fishes found on the coast of Ceylon. <em>London. First Edition.</em> i--viii + 30 unnumbered pp., Pls. 1-30. [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). (2023). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (02/2023)., 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 
   

From other sources
Description Inhabits inner reef flats and sheltered lagoons. Rarely seen to a depth of 10 m on seaward reefs. Feeds mainly on filamentous green algae and to a lesser extent on fleshy and coralline red algae and on benthic invertebrates. [details]

Publication date Year of description 1860 in <130> [details]
LanguageName 
English Bennett's sharpnose puffer  [details]
Japanese カザリキンチャクフグ  [details]