Balistoides viridescens

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Tetraodontiformes
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata 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: Balistoides
Species: Balistoides viridescens

Name

Balistoides viridescens (Bloch & Schneider, 1801)

Type locality: Mauritius, Mascarenes, southwestern Indian Ocean

Synonyms

Balistes brasiliensis Bloch & Schneider, 1801
Balistes nigromarginatus (Tanaka, 1908)
Balistes viridescens Bloch & Schneider, 1801
Balistoides veridescens (misspelling) (Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
Guaperva cinerea Sonnerat, 1774
Guaperva communis Sonnerat, 1774
Pachynathus nigromarginatus Tanaka, 1908
Pseudobalistes viridescens (Bloch & Schneider, 1801)

References

Bloch, M.E. & Schneider, J.G. 1801: M. E. Blochii, Systema Ichthyologiae iconibus cx illustratum. Post obitum auctoris opus inchoatum absolvit, correxit, interpolavit Jo. Gottlob Schneider, Saxo. Berolini. Sumtibus Auctoris Impressum et Bibliopolio Sanderiano Commissum.: i-lx + 1-584, Pls. 1-110. BHL
Fraser-Brunner, A. 1935: Notes on the Plectognath fishes.—I. A synopsis of the genera of the family Balistidae. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Series 10 15(90); 658-663. DOI: 10.1080/00222933508655016A
Kyushin, K., K. Amaoka, K. Nakaya, H. Ida, Y. Tanino & T. Senta (eds) 1982: Fishes of the South China Sea. Japan Marine Fishery Resource Research Center.: 1–333, Pls. 1-291.

Links

Balistoides viridescens – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
Balistoides viridescens in the World Register of Marine Species
Balistoides viridescens in FishBase,
Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2024. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2024.
Balistoides viridescens in Catalog of Fishes, Eschmeyer, W.N., Fricke, R. & van der Laan, R. (eds.) 2024. Catalog of Fishes electronic version.

Vernacular names

català: Peix ballesta olivaci
Deutsch: Riesen-Drückerfisch
ދިވެހިބަސް: މާ ރޮނޑު
English: Titan triggerfish
français: Baliste à tête jaune
日本語: ゴマモンガラ
Nederlands: Blauwvin trekkervis
polski: Rogatnica zielonkawa
русский: Голубопёрый балистод
ไทย: ปลาวัวไททัน, ปลาวัวอำมหิต, ปลาวัวหน้าลาย
中文: 绿拟鳞鲀,褐擬鱗魨,胡麻皮剝魨,黃褐砲彈,剝皮魚,褐擬板機魨

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