Abalistes
| Abalistes | |
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| Abalistes stellaris | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Tetraodontiformes |
| Family: | Balistidae |
| Genus: | Abalistes D. S. Jordan & Seale, 1906[1] |
| Type species | |
| Leiurus macrophthalmus | |
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Abalistes is a small genus of marine ray-finned fishes belonging to the family Balistidae, the triggerfishes. These triggerfishes are found in the Indo-Pacific and eastern Atlantic. This genus contains two recognised species.
Species
[edit]There are currently two recognised species in this genus:[3]
- Abalistes filamentosus Matsuura & Yoshino, 2004 [4]
- Abalistes stellatus Anonymous, referred to Lacépède, 1798
References
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Wikispecies has information related to Abalistes.
- ^ "Genus Abalistes Jordan & Seale 1906". FishWisePro. 1906. Retrieved 16 April 2020.
- ^ a b Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Balistidae". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 16 October 2024.
- ^ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Abalistes". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 16 October 2024.
- ^ Matsuura, K. & Yoshino, T. (2004): A new triggerfish of the genus Abalistes (Tetraodontiformes: Balistidae) from the western Pacific. Records of the Australian Museum, 56 (2): 189–194. [1] Archived 2015-09-25 at the Wayback Machine
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