Xanthichthys

Xanthichthys
Xanthichthys auromarginatus
Xanthichthys ringens
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Tetraodontiformes
Family: Balistidae
Genus: Xanthichthys
Kaup, 1856
Type species
Balistes curassavicus
J. F. Gmelin, 1789

Xanthichthys is a genus of triggerfishes native to reef environments in the western Atlantic Ocean, Indian Ocean, and Pacific Ocean.

Species

Six recognized species are placed in this genus:[1][2]

Image Scientific name Common Name Distribution
Xanthichthys auromarginatus E. T. Bennett, 1832 gilded triggerfish Indo-Pacific.
Xanthichthys caeruleolineatus J. E. Randall, Matsuura & Zama, 1978 outrigger triggerfish Indo-West Pacific.
Xanthichthys greenei Pyle & Earle, 2013[3] Kiri triggerfish Pacific Ocean
Xanthichthys lineopunctatus Hollard, 1854 striped triggerfish South Africa eastward through northern Australia to New Guinea, north to southern Japan.
Xanthichthys mento D. S. Jordan & C. H. Gilbert, 1882 redtail triggerfish Pacific.
Xanthichthys ringens Linnaeus, 1758 sargassum triggerfish e Western Atlantic, ranging from North Carolina (USA) to Brazil.

References

Wikispecies has information related to Xanthichthys.
  1. ^ Matsuura, Keiichi (2015). "Taxonomy and systematics of tetraodontiform fishes: A review focusing primarily on progress in the period from 1980 to 2014". Ichthyological Research. 62: 72–113. doi:10.1007/s10228-014-0444-5. S2CID 15223867.
  2. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Xanthichthys". FishBase. October 2012 version.
  3. ^ Pyle, Richard; Earle, John (2013). "Xanthichthys greenei, a new species of triggerfish (Balistidae) from the Line Islands". Biodiversity Data Journal. 1 (1): e994. doi:10.3897/BDJ.1.e994. PMC 3964694. PMID 24723781.


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