Kinds of SFTEP

Shorefishes of the tropical eastern Pacific

Ross Robertson and Gerald Allen
Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute

Scientific name -- Other names

Balistidae -- Durgons

Balistes polylepis F. Steindachner, 1876 -- Fine-scale triggerfish

Canthidermis maculata M. E. Bloch, 1786 -- Rough triggerfish

Melichthys niger M. E. Bloch, 1786 -- Black triggerfish

Melichthys vidua J. Richardson, 1845 -- Pinktail triggerfish

Pseudobalistes naufragium Jordan and Starks in Jordan, 1895 -- Blunthead triggerfish

Sufflamen verres C. H. Gilbert and E. C. Starks, 1904 -- Orange-side triggerfish

Xanthichthys caeruleolineatus J. E. Randall, K. Matsuura and A. Zama, 1978 -- Blue-line triggerfish

Xanthichthys mento D. S. Jordan and C. H. Gilbert, 1882 -- Redtail triggerfish

Updated: 2012-04-10 19:57:35