Deep-Sea taxon details
Canthigaster valentini (Bleeker, 1853)
219947 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:219947)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of ) Bleeker, P. (1853). Derde bijdrage tot de kennis der ichthyologische fauna van Amboina. <em>Natuurkundig Tijdschrift voor Nederlandsch Indië.</em> . 4 (no. 1): 91-130. [details]
Description Found among coral heads and rocks of subtidal lagoon and seaward reefs to a depth of 55 m or more. Feeds mainly on...
Description Found among coral heads and rocks of subtidal lagoon and seaward reefs to a depth of 55 m or more. Feeds mainly on filamentous green and red algae, tunicates, and on smaller amounts of corals, bryozoans, polychaetes, echinoderms, mollusks, and brown and coralline red algae. Forms shoals (10-100 or more) which often contains the filefish, @Paraluteres prionurus@ (about 5% of shoal) mimicking @C. valentini@ to protect it from predators (Refs. 4919 and 5503). [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Canthigaster valentini (Bleeker, 1853). Accessed through: Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2025) World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS) at: https://marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=219947 on 2026-01-14
Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2026). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Canthigaster valentini (Bleeker, 1853). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=219947 on 2026-01-14
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(of ) Bleeker, P. (1853). Derde bijdrage tot de kennis der ichthyologische fauna van Amboina. <em>Natuurkundig Tijdschrift voor Nederlandsch Indië.</em> . 4 (no. 1): 91-130. [details]
context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). [Checklist of marine biota of China seas]. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
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]
context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). [Checklist of marine biota of China seas]. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
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]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Description Found among coral heads and rocks of subtidal lagoon and seaward reefs to a depth of 55 m or more. Feeds mainly on filamentous green and red algae, tunicates, and on smaller amounts of corals, bryozoans, polychaetes, echinoderms, mollusks, and brown and coralline red algae. Forms shoals (10-100 or more) which often contains the filefish, @Paraluteres prionurus@ (about 5% of shoal) mimicking @C. valentini@ to protect it from predators (Refs. 4919 and 5503). [details]Publication date Year of description 1865 in <130> [details]
To Barcode of Life (29 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (12 publications)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Canthigaster valentini)
To FishBase
To Fishipedia
To GenBank (58 nucleotides; 57 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Canthigaster valentini FIN034785 Slide 120 mm)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Canthigaster valentini FIN034787 Slide 120 mm)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (12 publications)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Canthigaster valentini)
To FishBase
To Fishipedia
To GenBank (58 nucleotides; 57 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Canthigaster valentini FIN034785 Slide 120 mm)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Canthigaster valentini FIN034787 Slide 120 mm)
To ITIS
From editor or global species database
Unreviewed
Hosted externally
Hosted externally
