Starry Triggerfish (species: Abalistes stellatus) in Lizard Island Field Guide (Lizard Island Field Guide)
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Abalistes stellatus
Starry Triggerfish


©Anne Hoggett: Abalistes stellatus at Watson's Bay, Lizard Island.

©Anne Hoggett: Abalistes stellatus at the lagoon bommie, Lizard Island

©Anne Hoggett: One of five individuals of Abalistes stellatus at Cobia Hole, Lizard Island (20170826).

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Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Actinopterygii
Order Tetraodontiformes
Family Balistidae
Genus Abalistes
Species Abalistes stellatus

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Distinguishing features

Distinguishing features still need to be specified.

Size

  • Up to 60 cm (Length of specimen)

Depth range

  • Depth range data is not yet available.

Synonyms

Distribution


©Atlas of Living Australia: Australian distribution

Local abundance

  • Lizard Island: Uncommon

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References

  • Bray, R.A., T.H. Cribb and J.-L. Justine (2009). New observations on the genus Hypocreadium Ozaki (Digenea: Lepocreadiidae) in the Indo-West Pacific region, including the description of one new species, Zootaxa, 2110: 22-40. LIRS catalog number 1224.
  • Tang, D., D. Uyeno and K. Nagasawa (2011). Parasitic copepods of the family Taeniacanthidae (Crustacea) from triggerfishes (Teleostei, Balistidae) and filefishes (Teleostei, Monacanthidae) collected in the Indo-West Pacific region with descriptions of two new species of Taeniacanthus Sumpf, 1871. Zootaxa, 3103: 33-56. LIRS catalog number 1473.