Rhinecanthus verrucosus
Description
Rhinecanthus verrucosus (Linnaeus 1758) —Blackpatch triggerfish (Fig. 164)
Status at New Ireland. First recorded from Port Praslin, New Ireland as Balistes praslinoides by Lesson (1831: 117, poissons pl. 9, fig. 3), based on MNHN B.1771; reported as Balistes verrucosus by Günther (1910: 445), and from St. Mathias by Duncker & Mohr (1929: 74). Specimens observed in Kavieng Lagoon by Jeff Kinch during ACIAR Aquarium Survey in 2013 (see Teitelbaum et al. 2013: 15, R. verucosus); a specimen photographed at Lissenung Island, Kavieng District, 1 m depth, by Dean Tully on 27 June 2014; a video of a specimen taken in Senta Passage, east of New Hanover, at 5–16 m depth, St. KR118, in 2014 (identified by Barry C. Russell). ZMH material.
Distribution and habitat. New Ireland: 1, 2, 3, 4.—General distribution: Seychelles and Chagos Archipelago east to western Caroline Islands and Vanuatu, north to southern Japan, south to northern Australia and New Caledonia. Found in sheltered areas of mixed coral and rubble, or in seagrass habitats, 1–20 m depth. Marine.
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Additional details
Identifiers
Biodiversity
- Family
- Balistidae
- Genus
- Rhinecanthus
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Order
- Tetraodontiformes
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Scientific name authorship
- Linnaeus
- Species
- verrucosus
- Taxon rank
- species
- Taxonomic concept label
- Rhinecanthus verrucosus (Linnaeus, 1758) sec. Andréfouët, Chen, Kinch, Mana, Russell, Tully & White, 2019
References
- Lesson, R. P. (1831) Poissons. In: Duperrey, L. I. (ed.), Foyage autour du monde, ..., sur la corvette de La Majeste La Coquille, pendant les annees 1822, 1823, 1824 et 1825..., Zoologie tome 2. Paris. (Pt. 1, text): 66 - 238; Atlas (1832): pls. 1 - 38.
- Gunther, A. C. L. G. (1910) Andrew Garrett's Fische der Sudsee. Band III, Heft IX. Journal des Museum Godeffroy, Hamburg, 6 (17), i-vi + 389 - 515, pls. 161 - 180.
- Duncker, G. & Mohr, E. (1929) Die Fische der Sudsee-Expedition der Hamburgischen Wissenschaftlichen Stiftung 1908 - 1909. 3. Teil. Mitteilungen aus dem Zoologischen Staatsinstitut und Zoologischen Museum in Hamburg, 44, 57 - 84.
- Teitelbaum, A., Nahacky, A. & Kinch, J. (2013) A commercial survey of aquarium fish species in the Kavieng Lagoon, New Ireland Province, Papua New Guinea. Report, James Cook University, Townsville, 1 - 21.