Xanthichthys

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Xanthichthys
Xanthichthys auromarginatus 40400832.jpg
Xanthichthys auromarginatus
Sargassum triggerfish Xanthichthys ringens.jpg
Xanthichthys ringens
Scientific classification OOjs UI icon edit-ltr.svg
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]

ImageScientific nameCommon NameDistribution
Gilded Triggerfish, male - Xanthichthys auromarginatus.jpg Xanthichthys auromarginatus E. T. Bennett, 1832gilded triggerfishIndo-Pacific.
Xanthichthys caeruleolineatus J. E. Randall, Matsuura & Zama, 1978outrigger triggerfishIndo-West Pacific.
Paratype of Xanthichthys greenei - BDJ.1.e994 - Fig. 2b.jpg Xanthichthys greenei Pyle & Earle, 2013 [3] Kiri triggerfishPacific Ocean
Xanthichthys lineopunctatus Hollard, 1854striped triggerfishSouth Africa eastward through northern Australia to New Guinea, north to southern Japan.
Xanthichthys mento at Waikiki Aquarium-01.jpg Xanthichthys mento D. S. Jordan & C. H. Gilbert, 1882redtail triggerfishPacific.
Sargassum triggerfish Xanthichthys ringens.jpg Xanthichthys ringens Linnaeus, 1758sargassum triggerfishe Western Atlantic, ranging from North Carolina (USA) to Brazil.

References

  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.