Balistoides viridescens

Balistoides viridescens

Taxonavigation

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Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Cladus: Chordata Craniata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Superclassis: Osteichthyes
Classis: Actinopterygii
Subclassis: Neopterygii
Infraclassis: Teleostei
Superordo: Acanthopterygii
Ordo: Tetraodontiformes
Familia: Balistidae
Genus: Balistoides
Species: Balistoides viridescens

Name

Balistoides viridescens (Bloch & Schneider, 1801)

Type locality: Mauritius, Mascarenes, southwestern Indian Ocean

Synonyms

• Balistes brasiliensis Bloch & Schneider, 1801
• Balistes nigromarginatus (Tanaka, 1908)
• Balistes viridescens Bloch & Schneider, 1801
• Balistoides veridescens (misspelling) (Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
• Guaperva cinerea Sonnerat, 1774
• Guaperva communis Sonnerat, 1774
• Pachynathus nigromarginatus Tanaka, 1908
• Pseudobalistes viridescens (Bloch & Schneider, 1801)

References

• Bloch, M.E. & Schneider, J.G. 1801: M. E. Blochii, Systema Ichthyologiae iconibus cx illustratum. Post obitum auctoris opus inchoatum absolvit, correxit, interpolavit Jo. Gottlob Schneider, Saxo. Berolini. Sumtibus Auctoris Impressum et Bibliopolio Sanderiano Commissum.: i-lx + 1-584, Pls. 1-110. BHL
• Fraser-Brunner, A. 1935: Notes on the Plectognath fishes.—I. A synopsis of the genera of the family Balistidae. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Series 10 15(90); 658-663. doi: 10.1080/00222933508655016A
• Kyushin, K., K. Amaoka, K. Nakaya, H. Ida, Y. Tanino & T. Senta (eds) 1982: Fishes of the South China Sea. Japan Marine Fishery Resource Research Center.: 1-333, Pls. 1-291.

Links

• Balistoides viridescens Report on ITIS
• Balistoides viridescens in the World Register of Marine Species
• Balistoides viridescens in FishBase,
  Froese, R. & D. Pauly (eds) (2012). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, version 02/2012.
• Balistoides viridescens in Catalog of Fishes,
  Eschmeyer, W.N. (ed) (2012). Catalog of Fishes electronic version.

Vernacular names

Català: Peix ballesta olivaci
Deutsch: Riesen-Drückerfisch
ދިވެހިބަސް: މާ ރޮނޑު
English: Titan triggerfish, bluefin filefish
Nederlands: Blauwvin trekkervis
日本語: ゴマモンガラ
Polski: Rogatnica zielonkawa
Русский: Голубопёрый балистод
中文: 绿拟鳞鲀

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