WoRMS taxon details
Rhinecanthus lunula Randall & Steene, 1983
277182 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:277182)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Randall, J. E.; Steene, R. C. (1983). Rhinecanthus lunula a new species of triggerfish from the South Pacific. <em>Freshwater and Marine Aquarium.</em> 6 (7): 45-51. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Rhinecanthus lunula Randall & Steene, 1983. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=277182 on 2026-09-16
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Nomenclature
original description
Randall, J. E.; Steene, R. C. (1983). Rhinecanthus lunula a new species of triggerfish from the South Pacific. <em>Freshwater and Marine Aquarium.</em> 6 (7): 45-51. [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 (5 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Rhinecanthus lunula)
To FishBase
To GenBank (15 nucleotides; 10 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Rhinecanthus lunula USNM 392213 photograph lateral view)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Rhinecanthus lunula USNM 400538 photograph lateral view)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Rhinecanthus lunula)
To FishBase
To GenBank (15 nucleotides; 10 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Rhinecanthus lunula USNM 392213 photograph lateral view)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Rhinecanthus lunula USNM 400538 photograph lateral view)
To ITIS
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