Canthigaster amboinensis

Canthigaster amboinensis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Tetraodontoidei

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 Subordo: Tetraodontoidei

Familia: Tetraodontidae
Genus: Canthigaster
Species: Canthigaster amboinensis

Name

• Canthigaster amboinensis (Bleeker, 1864)

Syntypes (2): BMNH 1867.11.28.127 (1); RMNH 7361 (1).

Type locality: Ambon Island, Molucca Islands, Indonesia.

Synonyms

• Psilonotus amboinensis Bleeker, 1864
• Tropidichthys oahuensis Jenkins, 1903
• Canthigaster polyophthalmus Pietschmann, 1938
• Tropidichthys psegma Jordan & Evermann, 1903

References

• Bleeker, P.; 1864: Description de quelques espèces inédites de poissons de l'Archipel des Moluques. Nederlandsch Tijdschrift voor de Dierkunde, 2: 177–181.BHL
• Jenkins, O. P.; 1903: Report on collections of fishes made in the Hawaiian Islands, with descriptions of new species. Bulletin of the U. S. Fish Commission, 22 (1902): 415–511, Pls. 1-4.
• Jordan, D. S. & Evermann, B. W.; 1903: Description of a new genus and two new species of fishes from the Hawaiian Islands. Bulletin of the U. S. Fish Commission, 22 (1902): 209–210.
• Pietschmann, V.; 1938: Hawaiian shore fishes. Bulletin of the Bernice P. Bishop Museum, No. 156: 3–55, Pls. 1-18.
• Williams, J.T.; Delrieu-Trottin, E.; Planes, S. 2012: A new species of Indo-Pacific fish, Canthigaster criobe, with comments on other Canthigaster (Tetraodontiformes: Tetraodontidae) at the Gambier Archipelago. Zootaxa 3523: 80–88. Preview PDF Reference page. 

Links

• Canthigaster amboinensis in Catalog of Fishes, Eschmeyer, W.N., Fricke, R. & van der Laan, R. (eds.) 2024. Catalog of Fishes electronic version.

Vernacular names

English: Spider-eye puffer

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