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Balistes polylepis Steindachner, 1876

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
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SPECIES
Published in
Steindachner, F. (1876). Ichthyologische Beiträge (V). [Subtitles i-v.]. <em>Sitzungsberichte der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften. Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Classe.</em> v. 74 (1. Abth.): 49-240, Pls. 1-15. [Also as a separate, pp. 1-192, Pls. 1-15. According to 1974 reprint of Ichthyologische Beiträge the date is 1877. Date of separate may be 1876, the date we use.].
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Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Chordata
order
Tetraodontiformes
family
Balistidae
genus
Balistes
species
Balistes polylepis

Name

Synonyms
Balistes polylepis rubicundus de Buen, 1959
Pseudobalistes polylepis (Steindachner, 1876)
Verrunculus polylepis (Steindachner, 1876)
Homonyms
Balistes polylepis Steindachner, 1876
Common names
Baliste coche in French
Cachudo escama fina in Spanish
Coche in Spanish
Cochi in Spanish
Cochi in Spanish
Cochino, pez ballesta in language.
Finescale Triggerfish in English
Finescale triggerfish in English
Finescale triggerfish in English
Finscale triggerfish in English
Finskællet aftrækkerfisk in Danish
Pejepeurco coche in Spanish
Pejepuerco in Spanish
Pez puerco in Spanish
Puerco blanco in Spanish
Puerco coche in Spanish
Puerco rabilargo in Spanish
cochi in Spanish
finescale triggerfish in language.
finescale triggerfish in English
finescale triggerfish in English
細鱗鱗魨 in language.
细鳞鳞鲀 in language.
Finescale Triggerfish in English
Baliste Coche in French
Cachudo Escama Fina in Spanish
Coche in Spanish
Cochi in Spanish
Finscale triggerfish in English
Pejepeurco Coche in Spanish
Pejepuerco in Spanish
Pez Puerco in Spanish
Puerco Blanco in Spanish
Puerco Coche in Spanish
Puerco Rabilargo in Spanish
cochi in Spanish
finescale triggerfish in English

Bibliographic References

  1. De Buen 1959a, Berry & Baldwin 1966, Kong et al. 1985, Kong & Bolados 1987, Pequeño 1989, Meléndez et al. 1993, Randall & Mundy 1998, Brito 2003, Sielfeld et al. 2010.
  2. Eschmeyer, William N., ed., 1998: Catalog of Fishes. Special Publication of the Center for Biodiversity Research and Information, no. 1, vol 1-3. 2905.
  3. Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2021). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (08/2021).
  4. Nelson, Joseph S., Edwin J. Crossman, H. Espinosa-Pérez, L. T. Findley, C. R. Gilbert, et al., eds., 2004: Common and scientific names of fishes from the United States, Canada, and Mexico, Sixth Edition. American Fisheries Society Special Publication, no. 29. ix + 386.
  5. Page, L. M., H. Espinosa-Pérez, L. T. Findley, C. R. Gilbert, R. N. Lea, N. E. Mandrak, et al., eds., 2013: Common and Scientific Names of Fishes from the United States, Canada, and Mexico, Seventh Edition. American Fisheries Society Special Publication, no. 34. 243.
  6. Robins, Richard C., Reeve M. Bailey, Carl E. Bond, James R. Brooker, Ernest A. Lachner, et al., 1980: A List of Common and Scientific Names of Fishes from the United States and Canada, Fourth Edition. American Fisheries Society Special Publication, no. 12. 174.
  7. Robins, Richard C., Reeve M. Bailey, Carl E. Bond, James R. Brooker, Ernest A. Lachner, et al., 1991: Common and Scientific Names of Fishes from the United States and Canada, Fifth Edition. American Fisheries Society Special Publication, no. 20. 183.
  8. Steindachner, F. (1876). Ichthyologische Beiträge (V). [Subtitles i-v.]. <em>Sitzungsberichte der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften. Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Classe.</em> v. 74 (1. Abth.): 49-240, Pls. 1-15. [Also as a separate, pp. 1-192, Pls. 1-15. According to 1974 reprint of Ichthyologische Beiträge the date is 1877. Date of separate may be 1876, the date we use.].
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