Superregnum : Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Cladus: Craniata
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
Familia: Balistidae
Genus: Xanthichthys
Species (6): X. auromarginatus – X. caeruleolineatus – X. greenei – X. lineopunctatus – X. mento – X. ringens
In synonymy (9): X. calolepis – X. cicatricosus – X. curassavicus – X. gotonis – X. heckeli – X. nitidus – X. notatus – X. purus – X. surcatus
Check (1): X. lima
Name
Xanthichthys Kaup, 1856
Gender: [masculine]
Type species: Balistes curassavicus Gmelin, 1789 [=Balistes ringens Linnaeus, 1758]
References
Pyle, R.L.; Earle, J.L. 2013: Xanthichthys greenei, a new species of triggerfish (Balistidae) from the Line Islands. Biodiversity data journal 1: e994. DOI: 10.3897/BDJ.1.e994 Reference page.
Randall, J.E.; Matsuura, K.; Zama, A. 1978: A revision of the triggerfish genus Xanthichthys, with description of a new species. Bulletin of marine science 28(4): 688-706. ingentaconnect Reference page.
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]
Xanthichthys auromarginatus E. T. Bennett, 1832 (gilded triggerfish)
Xanthichthys caeruleolineatus J. E. Randall, Matsuura & Zama, 1978 (outrigger triggerfish)
Xanthichthys greenei Pyle & Earle, 2013[3] (Kiri triggerfish)
Xanthichthys lineopunctatus Hollard, 1854 (striped triggerfish)
Xanthichthys mento D. S. Jordan & C. H. Gilbert, 1882 (redtail triggerfish)
Xanthichthys ringens Linnaeus, 1758 (sargassum triggerfish)
References
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.
Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2012). Species of Xanthichthys in FishBase. October 2012 version.
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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