Abalistes
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| Abalistes | |
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| Illustration of Abalistes stellaris | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Tetraodontiformes |
| Family: | Balistidae |
| Genus: | Abalistes Bloch & Schneider, 1801 |
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Abalistes is a small triggerfish genus. It has three species which are all found in the Indo-Pacific and eastern Atlantic.
[edit] Species
- Abalistes filamentosus Matsuura & Yoshino, 2004
- Abalistes stellaris (Bloch & Schneider, 1801) (Starry triggerfish)
- Abalistes stellatus (Anonymous - referred to Lacépède, 1798)
[edit] References
- Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2011). Species of Abalistes in FishBase. May 2011 version.
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