WoRMS taxon details
Canthigaster sanctaehelenae (Günther, 1870)
127412 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:127412)
accepted
Species
Tetrodon sanctaehelenae Günther, 1870 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Tetrodon sanctaehelenae Günther, 1870) Günther, A. (1870). Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum. Catalogue of the Physostomi, containing the families Gymnotidae, Symbranchidae, Muraenidae, Pegasidae, and of the Lophobranchii, Plectognathi, Dipnoi, ...[thru] ... Leptocardii, in the British Museum. v. 8: i-xxv + 1-549., available online at https://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/getref.asp?id=1995 [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Canthigaster sanctaehelenae (Günther, 1870). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=127412 on 2026-08-20
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Tetrodon sanctaehelenae Günther, 1870) Günther, A. (1870). Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum. Catalogue of the Physostomi, containing the families Gymnotidae, Symbranchidae, Muraenidae, Pegasidae, and of the Lophobranchii, Plectognathi, Dipnoi, ...[thru] ... Leptocardii, in the British Museum. v. 8: i-xxv + 1-549., available online at https://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/getref.asp?id=1995 [details]
basis of record van der Land, J.; Costello, M.J.; Zavodnik, D.; Santos, R.S.; Porteiro, F.M.; Bailly, N.; Eschmeyer, W.N.; Froese, R. (2001). Pisces, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 357-374 (look up in IMIS) [details]
basis of record van der Land, J.; Costello, M.J.; Zavodnik, D.; Santos, R.S.; Porteiro, F.M.; Bailly, N.; Eschmeyer, W.N.; Froese, R. (2001). Pisces, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 357-374 (look up in IMIS) [details]
Ecology
ecology source
Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details] 
Other
additional source
Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Barcode of Life (18 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Tetrodon sanctaehelenae Günther, 1870)
To IUCN Red List (Endangered)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Canthigaster sanctaehelenae USNM 267871 radiograph lateral view)
To PESI
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Tetrodon sanctaehelenae Günther, 1870)
To IUCN Red List (Endangered)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Canthigaster sanctaehelenae USNM 267871 radiograph lateral view)
To PESI
To ITIS
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