Overview
Family : Triggerfishes ; Inhabits mud and silt sand bottoms [1].
Interesting Facts
Common Names
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Common Names in English:
dwarf frogfish, pygmy frogfish, Starry triggerfish, Tail-jet frogfish, Tailjet frogfish
Common Names in Fijian:
Cumu Nuqa
Common Names in Mandarin Chinese:
宽尾鳞鲀, 寬尾鱗魨, 珊瑚躄魚, 珊瑚躄鱼
Common Names in Misima-Paneati:
Kaisep
Common Names in Samoan:
La'otale
Description
Habitat
Typically found in water with a depth of 0 to -4,145 meters (0 to -13,599 feet).[2]
Biome: Marine .
Taxonomy
- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Animalia
()
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- animals
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
()
- (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
()
- Grobben, 1908
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
()
- (Haeckel, 1874) Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Phylum:
Chordata
()
- Bateson, 1885
- Chordates
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
()
- Cuvier, 1812
- Vertebrates
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
()
- auct.
- Jawed Vertebrates
- Superclass:
Osteichthyes
()
- Huxley, 1880
- Class:
Osteichthyes
()
- Huxley, 1880
- Subclass:
Actinopterygii
()
- Infraclass:
Actinopteri
()
- Cohort:
Clupeocephala
()
- Superorder:
Acanthopterygii
()
- Order:
Tetraodontiformes
()
- Suborder:
Balistoidei
()
- Family:
Balistidae
()
- Genus:
Abalistes
()
- Jordan & Seale, 1906
- Specific name:
stellatus
- Schultz, 1957
- Scientific name: - Abalistes stellatus ([Lacepède, 1798]) Schultz, 1957
- Specific name:
stellatus
- Schultz, 1957
- Genus:
Abalistes
(
- Family:
Balistidae
(
- Suborder:
Balistoidei
(
- Order:
Tetraodontiformes
(
- Superorder:
Acanthopterygii
(
- Cohort:
Clupeocephala
(
- Infraclass:
Actinopteri
(
- Subclass:
Actinopterygii
(
- Class:
Osteichthyes
(
- Superclass:
Osteichthyes
(
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
(
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
(
- Phylum:
Chordata
(
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
(
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
(
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
Synonyms
Abalistes stellairs (Bloch & Schneider • Abalistes stellatus • Abalistes stellatus (Anonymous, 1798) • Abalistes stellatus (non Anonymous, 1798) • Abalistes stellatus< /i> (Lacpède • Abantennarius analis Gosline, 1957 • Antennarius analis (Schultz, 1957) • Balistes phaleratus Richardson • Balistes stellaris Bloch & Schneider • Balistes vachellii Richardson
Notes
Name
Status: Accepted Name
.
Comment: Author
from CofF (Eschmeyer, Jul. 2009: Ref. 81932).
Similar Species
Members of the genus Abalistes
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 2 species and subspecies in this genus:
A. stellaris (Flat-Nailed Triggerfish) · A. stellatus (Starry Triggerfish)
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Further Reading
- Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History). London: BM(NH) url p. 146, p. 160, p. 273.
- Pacific Plate biogeography, with special reference to shorefishes / Victor G. Springer. Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1982. url p. 16.
- Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington. Washington, Biological Society of Washington url p. 53, p. 55.
Notes
Contributors
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 15, 2012.
- FishBase. Release date: January 5, 2010
- Froese, R., and D. Pauly. FishBase 2004. International Center for Living Aquatic Resources Management.
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed March 05, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 4 providers.
- Matsuura, Keiichi (from FishBase).
- Ruggiero M., Gordon D., Bailly N., Kirk P., Nicolson D. (2011). The Catalogue of Life Taxonomic Classification, Edition 2, Part A. In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist (Bisby F.A., Roskov Y.R., Orrell T.M., Nicolson D., Paglinawan L.E., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., Baillargeon G., Ouvrard D., eds). DVD; Species 2000: Reading, UK.
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal March 05, 2008:
- FishBase: FishBase DiGIR Provider - Philippine Server
- Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University: AIMS - Baited Remote Underwater Video Station (OBIS Australia)
- Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University: CSIRO Marine Data Warehouse (OBIS Australia)
- Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University: iziko South African Museum - Fish Collection
- Museum national d'histoire naturelle: Ichtyologie
- OZCAM (Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums) Provider: Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 140954
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: Fis-142700
- Fishbase Species ID: 58334
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 2003833
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 646168
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 101027
Footnotes
- Randall, J.E. (1995). Coastal fishes of Oman. University of Hawaii Press, Honolulu, Hawaii. 439 p. [back]
- Mean = -97.430 meters (-319.652 feet), Standard Deviation = 234.350 based on 3,112 observations. Ocean depth information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]
