FAMILY Balistidae Risso, 1810 – Triggerfishes GENUS Abalistes
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FAMILY Balistidae Risso, 1810 – triggerfishes GENUS Abalistes Jordan & Seale, 1906 [=Abalistes Jordan [D. S.] & Seale [A.] 1906:364, Leiurus (subgenus of Capriscus) Swainson [W.] 1839:194, 326] Notes: [Bulletin of the Bureau of Fisheries v. 25 (for 1905); ref. 2497] Masc. Leiurus macrophthalmus Swainson 1839. Type by being a replacement name. Replacement for Leiurus (subgenus of Capriscus) Swainson 1839, preoccupied by Leiurus Swainson 1839:242 in fishes. •Valid as Abalistes Jordan & Seale 1906 -- (Matsuura 1980:39 [ref. 6943], Tyler 1980:121 [ref. 4477], Arai 1983:199 [ref. 14249], Matsuura in Masuda et al. 1984:358 [ref. 6441], Smith & Heemstra 1986:877 [ref. 5714], Lindberg et al. 1997:50 [ref. 23547] as Abolistes, Matsuura 2001:3912 [ref. 26315], Matsuura & Yoshino 2004:189 [ref. 27771], Allen et al. 2006:1870 [ref. 29098], Matsuura 2014:7 [ref. 33576], Motomura et al. 2017:229 [ref. 35490], Fricke et al. 2018:376 [ref. 35805]). Current status: Valid as Abalistes Jordan & Seale 1906. Balistidae. (Leiurus) [The natural history and classification v. 2; ref. 4303] Masc. Leiurus macrophthalmus Swainson 1839. Type by subsequent designation. Type designated by Swain 1883:282 [ref. 5966]. Objectively invalid; preoccupied by Leiurus Swainson on p. 242 of same work, replaced by Abalistes Jordan & Seale 1906. •Synonym of Abalistes Jordan & Seale 1906 -- (Allen et al. 2006:1870 [ref. 29098]). Current status: Synonym of Abalistes Jordan & Seale 1906. Balistidae. Species Abalistes filamentosus Matsuura & Yoshino, 2004 [=Abalistes filamentosus Matsuura [K.] & Yoshino [T.] 2004:190, Fig. 1A] Notes: [Records of the Australian Museum v. 56 (no. 2); ref. 27771] Off Itoman, south coast of Okinawa-jima Island, Ryukyu Islands, Japan. Current status: Valid as Abalistes filamentosus Matsuura & Yoshino 2004. Balistidae. Distribution: Western Pacific and southeastern Indian Ocean and Timor Sea. Habitat: marine. Species Abalistes stellaris (Bloch & Schneider, 1801) [=Balistes stellaris Bloch [M. E.] & Schneider [J. G.] 1801:476] Notes: [M. E. Blochii, Systema Ichthyologiae; ref. 471] Indian Ocean. Current status: Valid as Abalistes stellaris (Bloch & Schneider 1801). Balistidae. Distribution: Red Sea, Indo-West Pacific: East and South Africa, Seychelles, Comoros, Madagascar and western Mascarenes east to Palau, Fiji and Tonga, north to southern Japan, south to New South Wales (Australia); also eastern tropical Atlantic. Habitat: marine. Species Abalistes stellatus (Anonymous, Lacepede, 1798) [=Balistes stellatus Anonymous (ex Commerson) in Lacepède 1798:682, Balistes phaleratus Richardson [J.] 1846:484, Pl. 1 (figs. 4-5), Balistes vachellii Richardson [J.] 1845:129] Notes: [Allgemeine Literatur-Zeitung 1798 (pt. 3) (no. 287) (for 24 Sept. 1798); ref. 13098] Mauritius, Mascarenes, southwestern Indian Ocean. Current status: Valid as Abalistes stellatus (Anonymous 1798). Balistidae. Distribution: Red Sea, Indo-West Pacific: East Africa, South Africa, Seychelles, Madagascar and western Mascarenes east to Palau, Fiji and Tonga, north to southern Japan, south to New South Wales (Australia); eastern tropical Atlantic. Habitat: marine. (phaleratus) [Discoveries in Australia; ref. 3743] West coasts of Australia. Current status: Synonym of Abalistes stellatus (Anonymous 1798). Balistidae. Habitat: marine. (vachellii) [Ichthyology.--Part 3. The zoology of the voyage of H. M. S. Sulphur.; ref. 20575] Canton, China. Current status: Synonym of Abalistes stellatus (Anonymous 1798). Balistidae. Habitat: marine. GENUS Balistapus Tilesius, 1820 [=Balistapus Tilesius [W. G. Von] 1820:302] Notes: [Mémoires de l'Académie Impériale des Sciences de Saint Pétersbourg v. 7; ref. 4407] Masc. Balistapus capistratus Tilesius 1820. Type by monotypy. •Valid as Balistapus Tilesius 1820 -- (Matsuura 1980:52 [ref. 6943], Tyler 1980:121 [ref. 4477], Arai 1983:199 [ref. 14249], Aboussouan & Leis 1984:452 [ref. 13661], Matsuura in Masuda et al. 1984:358 [ref. 6441], Smith & Heemstra 1986:877 [ref. 5714], Lindberg et al. 1997:59 [ref. 23547], Matsuura 2001:3913 [ref. 26315], Matsuura 2014:7 [ref. 33576], Fricke et al. 2018:376 [ref. 35805]). Current status: Valid as Balistapus Tilesius 1820. Balistidae. Species Balistapus undulatus (Park, 1797) [=Balistes undulatus Park [M.] 1797:37, Balistes lineatus Bloch [M. E.] & Schneider [J. G.] 1801:466, Pl. 87, Balistes porcatus Gronow [L. T.] in Gray 1854:32, Balistes sesquilineatus Lay [G. T.] & Bennett [E. T.] 1839:69, Pl. 21 (fig. 3), Balistes aculeatus var. viridis Bennett [J. W.] 1828:unnum. p., Pl. 10] Notes: [The Transactions of the Linnean Society of London v. 3 (art. 9); ref. 17801] Habitat in Sumatræ littore [Bengkulu Province, Sumatra, Indonesia, eastern Indian Ocean]. Current status: Valid as Balistapus undulatus (Park 1797). Balistidae. Distribution: Red Sea, Indo-West Pacific: East Africa, South Africa, Aldabra, Madagascar and Mascarenes east to Line Islands, Marquesas Islands and Tuamotu Archipelago, north to southern Japan and Ogasawara Islands, south to Australia and New Caledonia. Habitat: marine. (lineatus) [M. E. Blochii, Systema Ichthyologiae; ref. 471] Coast of Coromandel, India. Current status: Synonym of Balistapus undulatus (Park 1797). Balistidae. Habitat: marine. (porcatus) [Catalogue of fish collected and described by Laurence Theodore Gronow; ref. 1911] Indian seas. Current status: Synonym of Balistapus undulatus (Park 1797). Balistidae. Habitat: marine. (sesquilineatus) [The zoology of Captain Beechey's voyage; ref. 2730] Tahiti, Society Islands. Current status: Synonym of Balistapus undulatus (Park 1797). Balistidae. Habitat: marine. (viridis) [A selection from the most remarkable and interesting fishes found on the coast of Ceylon First Edition; ref. 16785] South coast of Sri Lanka. Current status: Synonym of Balistapus undulatus (Park 1797). Balistidae. Habitat: marine. GENUS Balistes Linnaeus, 1758 [=Balistes Linnaeus [C.] 1758:327, Ballistes Billberg [G. J.] 1833:52, Capriscus Klein [J. T.] 1777:427, Capriscus Walbaum [J. J.] (ex Klein) 1792:580, Capriscus Artedi [P.] in Röse 1793:114, Capriscus Rafinesque [C. S.] 1810:41, 58, Chalisoma (subgenus of Capriscus) Swainson [W.] 1839:194, 325, Nematobalistes Fraser-Brunner [A.] 1935:659, 661, Verrunculus (subgenus of Balistes) Jordan [D. S.] 1924:82] Notes: [Systema Naturae, Ed. X v. 1; ref. 2787] Masc. Balistes vetula Linnaeus 1758. Type by subsequent designation. Type designated by Bleeker 1865:98 [ref. 416] and 1866:10 [ref. 417]. •Valid as Balistes Linnaeus 1758 -- (Moore 1967:691 [ref. 22820], Torchio 1973:641 [ref. 6892], Tyler 1980:121 [ref. 4477], Arai 1983:199 [ref. 14249], Aboussouan & Leis 1984:452 [ref. 13661], Tortonese in Whitehead et al. 1986:1335 [ref. 13677], Smith & Heemstra 1986:877 [ref. 5714], Lindberg et al. 1997:58 [ref. 23547], Castro-Aguirre et al. 1999:503 [ref. 24550], Mecklenburg et al. 2002:850 [ref. 25968], Matsuura 2003:1964 [ref. 27119], Parin 2003:S32 [ref. 28536], Matsuura 2014:7 [ref. 33576], Parin et al. 2014:550 [ref. 33547], Robertson et al. 2017:106 [ref. 35676]). Current status: Valid as Balistes Linnaeus 1758. Balistidae. (Ballistes) [Linnéska Samfundets Handlingar v. 1 (for 1832); ref. 34146] Masc. Balistes vetula Linnaeus 1758. Type by being a replacement name. Unnecessary replacement name for Balistes Linnaeus 1758. •Synonym of Balistes Linnaeus 1758 -- (Kullander 2016:109 [ref. 34147]). Current status: Synonym of Balistes Linnaeus 1758. Balistidae. (Capriscus K) [v. 4; ref. 4920] Masc. Not available, published in a work that does not conform to the principle of binominal nomenclature. •In the synonymy of Balistes Linnaeus 1758. Current status: Synonym of Balistes Linnaeus 1758. Balistidae. (Capriscus W) [Petri Artedi sueci genera piscium Part 3; ref. 4572] Masc. Not available, published in a part of work rejected for nomenclatural purposes in Opinion 21 (1938). Based on Klein 1742:24 [ref. 30141]. •In the synonymy of Balistes Linnaeus 1758. Current status: Synonym of Balistes Linnaeus 1758. Balistidae. (Capriscus AinR) [Petri Artedi Angermannia; ref. 3833] Masc. Balistes capriscus Gmelin 1789. Also appeared as new in Billberg 1833:52 [ref. 34146], but no species included, therefore nomen nudum; see Kullander 2016:109 [ref. 34147]. •Synonym of Balistes Linnaeus 1758. Current status: Synonym of Balistes Linnaeus 1758. Balistidae. (Capriscus R) [Indice d'ittiologia siciliana; ref. 3595] Masc. Capriscus porcus Rafinesque 1810. Type by monotypy. •Synonym of Balistes Linnaeus 1758. Current status: Synonym of Balistes Linnaeus 1758. Balistidae. (Chalisoma) [The natural history and classification v. 2; ref. 4303] Neut. Balistes pulcherrimus Lesson 1830. Type by subsequent designation. Spelled Chalisomus on p. 194 and 438, Chalisoma on 325. Type designated by Swain 1882:282 [ref. 5966]. Technical first reviser not researched. Details for species not located. •Synonym of Balistes Linnaeus 1758. Current status: Synonym of Balistes Linnaeus 1758. Balistidae. (Nematobalistes) [Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 10) v. 15 (no. 90); ref. 1489] Masc. Balistes forcipatus Gmelin 1789. Type by original designation (also monotypic). •Synonym of Balistes Linnaeus 1758 -- (Tyler 1980:123 [ref. 4477]). Current status: Synonym of Balistes Linnaeus 1758. Balistidae. (Verrunculus) [Copeia No. 134; ref. 2425] Masc. Balistes polylepis Steindachner 1876. Type by original designation (also monotypic). Described as "a distinct subgenus or genus under Balistes." •Synonym of Balistes Linnaeus 1758 -- (Tyler 1980:123 [ref. 4477]).