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: Abalistes
Species: Abalistes stellaris
Name
Abalistes stellaris (Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
Vernacular names
English: Starry Triggerfish
The starry triggerfish (Abalistes stellaris), or flat-tailed triggerfish, is a tropical, harmless, oviparous bottom dweller, characterized by some white spots along the spinal dark band. The tail is dorsoventral and looks very thin, when looked upon in profile. There is a deep groove in front of the eye. The background colour is grey with olive green spots. Its mitochondrial DNA has been sequenced by the University of Tokyo, Japan.[1] Male adults grow up to 60 cm.
Taxonomy
The name of the species was proposed in 2004 to be changed to Abalistes stellatus (Anonymous, 1798).[2] FishBase considers Abalistes stellatus a misapplied name and accepts it as a separate species.[3][4]
Abalistes stellaris was also differentiated from the closely related species Abalistes filamentosus in 2004.[2]
Habitat
Indo-West Pacific up to the Red Sea and East Africa
mud, silty sand bottoms, coral reefs
Diet
Benthic animals such as crustaceans, crabs, mollusks; bony fish.
Economic use
It is used in aquaculture, as food (fresh or dried), and for leather.
References
"Abalistes stellaris (ID 33735) - BioProject - NCBI".
MATSUURA, KEIICHI, & TETSUO YOSHINO, 2004. A new triggerfish of the genus Abalistes (Tetraodontiformes: Balistidae) from the western Pacific. Records of the Australian Museum 56(2): 189–194.
Fishbase
"Abalistes stellatus". www.fishbase.se. Retrieved 29 December 2020.
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