Balistes polylepis Steindachner 1876

Balistes polylepis Steindachner, 1876. Finescale Triggerfish . To 80 cm (31.5 in) TL (De La Cruz-Agüero et al. 1997). Metlakatla, south-eastern Alaska (Karinen et al. 1985; see comment under Melichthys niger below) to San Antonio (about 33°32’S), central Chile (Brito 2003), including Gulf of Califor...

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Main Authors: Love, Milton S., Bizzarro, Joseph J., Cornthwaite, Maria, Frable, Benjamin W., Maslenikov, Katherine P.
Format: Other/Unknown Material
Language:unknown
Published: Zenodo 2021
Subjects:
Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Actinopterygii
Tetraodontiformes
Balistidae
Balistes
Balistes polylepis
Agüero
Metlakatla
Milton
Randall
Scripps
Yukon
Beaufort Sea
Alaska
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5609934
http://treatment.plazi.org/id/03BE87D6FF4FFF6B98EAFB90FE0F3550
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Summary:Balistes polylepis Steindachner, 1876. Finescale Triggerfish . To 80 cm (31.5 in) TL (De La Cruz-Agüero et al. 1997). Metlakatla, south-eastern Alaska (Karinen et al. 1985; see comment under Melichthys niger below) to San Antonio (about 33°32’S), central Chile (Brito 2003), including Gulf of California (Bussing in Fischer et al. 1995), Islas Galápagos (Grove and Lavenberg 1997), and Hawai’i (Randall and Mundy 1998). Only one Alaska record and isolated records from Washington to California; most common south of California (Mecklenburg et al. 2002). Benthic; depth: 2–512 m (6–1,680 ft) (min.: Personal communication: Scripps Institution of Oceanography Fish Collection, La Jolla, California; max.: Miller and Lea 1972). Published as part of Love, Milton S., Bizzarro, Joseph J., Cornthwaite, Maria, Frable, Benjamin W. & Maslenikov, Katherine P., 2021, Checklist of marine and estuarine fishes from the Alaska-Yukon Border, Beaufort Sea, to Cabo San Lucas, Mexico, pp. 1-285 in Zootaxa 5053 (1) on page 223, DOI:10.11646/zootaxa.5053.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/5578008

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