Overview
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Family : Filefishes ; Inhabits bottoms with green seaweed. Feeds on algae and crabs[1]. Capable of inflating its body like puffers [2].
Interesting Facts
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Common Names
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Common Names in English:
Japanese inflator filefish, Puffer filefish
Common Names in Japanese:
Aosahagi
Common Names in Mandarin Chinese:
綠短革魨, 绿短革鲀
Description
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Habitat
Biome: Saltwater . Reef-associated .
Taxonomy
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- 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:
Monacanthidae
()
- Genus:
Brachaluteres
()
- Bleeker, 1866
- Specific name:
ulvarum
- Jordan & Fowler, 1902
- Scientific name: - Brachaluteres ulvarum Jordan & Fowler, 1902
- Specific name:
ulvarum
- Jordan & Fowler, 1902
- Genus:
Brachaluteres
(
- Family:
Monacanthidae
(
- 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
(
Notes
Name
Status: Accepted Name
.
Comment: Author
and year from Eschmeyer[3].
Similar Species
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Members of the genus Brachaluteres
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 3 species and subspecies in this genus:
B. jacksonianus (Pigmy Leatherjacket) · B. taylori (Taylor´s Inflator Filefish) · B. ulvarum (Japanese Inflator Filefish)
More Info
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Further Reading
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- Catalog of fossil fishes in the Carnegie Museum / by Charles R. Eastman. Pittsburgh: Published by the authority of the Board of Trustees of the Carnegie Institute, [1911-] url p. 428.
- Dean bibliography of fishes. New York: American Museum of Natural History, 1971-1973. url p. 302, p. 641, p. 668.
- Memoirs of the Carnegie Museum. Pittsburgh: Published by the authority of the Board of Trustees of the Carnegie Institute, 1901-1936. url , p. 267, p. 428.
- Record of fishes obtained in Japan in 1911, by David Starr Jordan and William Francis Thompson. Pittsburgh, Carnegie Institute, 1914 url p. 267.
- Record of the fishes obtained in Japan in 1911 / by David Starr Jordan and William Francis Thompson. Pittsburgh: Published by the authority of the Board of Trustees of the Carnegie Institute, [1914] url p. 267.
Notes
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Contributors
- Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 15, 2012.
- FishBase 2006.
- 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 01, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from provider.
- Hutchins, Barry (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 01, 2008:
- OZCAM (Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums) Provider: Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 122173
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: Fis-55112
- Fishbase Species ID: 24253
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 646192
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 104958
Footnotes
- Masuda, H. and G.R. Allen (1993). Meeresfische der Welt - Groß-Indopazifische Region. Tetra Verlag, Herrenteich, Melle. 528 p. [back]
- Lieske, E. and R. Myers (1994). Collins Pocket Guide. Coral reef fishes. Indo-Pacific & Caribbean including the Red Sea. Haper Collins Publishers, 400 p. [back]
- Eschmeyer, W.N. (1996). PISCES. The information in FishBase was derived by comparing FishBase with a preliminary version 2.0 of Eschmeyer's PISCES database, published on the Internet in November 1996, URL: gopher://gopher.calacademy.org:640/7. [back]
Curator for this page: Barry Hutchins. Date last reviewed: 12/30/1899
