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Abalistes stellaris (Bloch & Schneider, 1801) 
AphiaID: 219872

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Pisces (Superclass) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Tetraodontiformes (Order) > Balistidae (Family) > Abalistes (Genus)
Status accepted
Record
status		 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Species
Parent Abalistes Jordan & Seale, 1906
Synonymised
taxa		  Abalistes stellairs (Bloch & Schneider, 1801) (misspelling)
 Balistes phaleratus Richardson, 1846
 Balistes stellaris Bloch & Schneider, 1801
 Balistes vachellii Richardson, 1845
Sources  basis of record: Eschmeyer, W.: Catalog of fishes; California Academy of Sciences, department Ichtyology., available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details]

additional source: Anon. (1996). FishBase 96 [CD-ROM]. ICLARM: Los Baños, Philippines. 1 cd-rom pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]

additional source: FishBase, version december 2007, available online at http://www.fishbase.org [details]

additional source: FishBase, version may 2009 [details]

additional source: FishBase, version october 2012 [details]

context source (Deepsea): Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]

Vernacular
Names		 
Language   Name 
English starry triggerfish  [details]
Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Distribution Chagos [details]
Comores [details]
Djibouti [details]
Eritrea [details]
Kenya [details]
Madagascar [details]
Mozambique [details]
Red Sea [details]
Seychelles [details]
Somalia [details]
South Africa (country) [details]
Tanzania [details]
Host of  Dissonus heronensis Kabata, 1966 (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
Hatschekia balistae Cadenat, 1954 (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
Taeniacanthus aluteri (Avdeev, 1977) (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
Links To Barcode of Life (4 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications)
To Encyclopedia of Life
To FishBase
To GenBank (3 nucleotides; 27 proteins)
To ITIS
Note  Description: Inhabits coastal areas, usually found over muddy and sandy bottoms, also around reefs, together with the sponges and algae (Ref. 5213). Feeds on benthic animals (Ref. 9769). Also caught with vertical longlines (Ref. 9770). Marketed fresh and dried-salted (Ref. 9770). [details]
Image 
Abalistes stellaris
Abalistes stellaris
added on 2008-08-11 - author: Collection Georges Declercq
qualitystatus: not checked
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:219872
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
Date   action   by
1997-02-24 18:26:33Z  created  Vanden Berghe, Edward
2005-06-25 23:41:57Z  changed  Vanden Berghe, Edward
2008-01-15 17:27:08Z  changed  Bailly, Nicolas
  
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  Citation: Bailly, N. (2013). Abalistes stellaris (Bloch & Schneider, 1801). In: Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2013) FishBase. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=219872 on 2013-05-24
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