Canthigaster

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Tetraodontoidei
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii Infraclassis: Teleostei Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai Supercohors: Clupeocephala Cohors: Euteleosteomorpha Subcohors: Neoteleostei Infracohors: Eurypterygia Sectio: Ctenosquamata Subsectio: Acanthomorphata Divisio/Superordo: Acanthopterygii Subdivisio: Percomorphaceae Series: Eupercaria Ordo: Tetraodontiformes Subordo: Tetraodontoidei

Familia: Tetraodontidae
Genus: Canthigaster
Species (36): C. amboinensis – C. axiologus – C. bennetti – C. callisterna – C. capistrata – C. compressa – C. coronata – C. criobe – C. cyanetron – C. cyanospilota – C. epilampra – C. figueiredoi – C. flavoreticulata – C. inframacula – C. investigatoris – C. jactator – C. jamestyleri – C. janthinoptera – C. leoparda – C. margaritata – C. marquesensis – C. natalensis – C. ocellicincta – C. papua – C. punctata – C. punctatissima – C. pygmaea – C. rapaensis – C. rivulata – C. rostrata – C. sanctaehelenae – C. smithae – C. solandri – C. supramacula – C. tyleri – C. valentini

Name

Canthigaster Swainson, 1839

Type species: Tetrodon rostratus Bloch, 1786

Synonyms

Anosmius Peters, 1855
Eumycterias Jenkins, 1901
Lucubrapiscis Whitley, 1931
Prilonotus Richardson, 1854
Psilonotus Swainson, 1839
Rhynchote Bibron in Duméril, 1855
Rhynchotes Troschel, 1856
Rhynchotus Hollard, 1857
Tropidichthys Bleeker, 1854

References

Bleeker, P.; 1854: Vijfde bijdrage tot de kennis der ichthyologische fauna van Amboina. Natuurkundig Tijdschrift voor Nederlandsch Indië, 6: 455–508. BHL
Jenkins, O. P.; 1901: Descriptions of fifteen new species of fishes from the Hawaiian Islands. Bulletin of the U. S. Fish Commission, 19 (1899): 387–404.
Kottelat, M. 2013. The fishes of the inland waters of southeast Asia: a catalogue and core bibiography of the fishes known to occur in freshwaters, mangroves and estuaries. Raffles Bulletin of Zoology Supplement No. 27: 1–663. PDF. Reference page.
Peters, W. (C. H.); 1855: Übersicht der in Mossambique beobachteten Seefische. Monatsberichte der Königlichen Preuss[ischen] Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin, 1855: 428–466.
Swainson, W.; 1839: On the natural history and classification of fishes, amphibians, & reptiles, or monocardian animals. Spottiswoode & Co., London. 2: 1–448.
Richardson, J.; 1854: Vertebrals, including fossil mammals. Fish. Pp. 156-171, Pls. 30-33. In: E. Forbes (ed.) The zoology of the voyage of H. M. S. Herald, under the command of Captain Henry Kellett, R. N., C. B., during the years 1845-51. London.
Troschel, F. H.; 1856: Bericht über die Leistungen in der Ichthyologie während des Jahres 1855. Archiv für Naturgeschichte, 22 (pt 2): 67–89.BHL
Whitley, G. P.; 1931: New names for Australian fishes. Australian Zoologist, 6 (4): 310–334, Pls. 25-27.
Williams, J.T.; Delrieu-Trottin, E.; Planes, S. 2012: A new species of Indo-Pacific fish, Canthigaster criobe, with comments on other Canthigaster (Tetraodontiformes: Tetraodontidae) at the Gambier Archipelago. Zootaxa 3523: 80–88. Preview PDF Reference page.
Canthigaster and its species (including synonyms) in Catalog of Fishes, Eschmeyer, W.N., Fricke, R. & van der Laan, R. (eds.) 2024. Catalog of Fishes electronic version.

Links

BHL bibliography
Canthigaster – Taxon details on Encyclopedia of Life (EOL).
Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2019. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Canthigaster.
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Nomenclator Zoologicus

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