Canthidermis
Canthidermis | |
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Canthidermis maculata | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia
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Phylum: | Chordata
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Class: | |
Order: | |
Family: | Balistidae
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Genus: | Canthidermis Swainson, 1839
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Canthidermis is a genus of triggerfishes commonly known as Ocean triggerfishes.
Species[]
There are currently 3 recognized species in this genus:[1]
- Boulenger, 1888 (Large-scale triggerfish)
- Canthidermis maculata Bloch, 1786 (Spotted oceanic triggerfish)
- Mitchill, 1815 (Ocean Triggerfish)
Description[]
These dark-colored triggerfishes are found in all the world's oceans in tropical and subtropical areas. They are absent in the Mediterranean. Unlike most triggerfish they are epipelagic.
They usually live far away from the coast in the microhabitat created by floating objects like trees, or branches, but also plastic wreck remains, ropes and other large flotsam and jetsam items.
There is still little research on the feeding and reproduction habits of these fishes. They are rarely part of the catch unless the marine debris around which they live reaches some coastal area.[2]
References[]
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Canthidermis. |
- ^ Matsuura, K. (2014): Taxonomy and systematics of tetraodontiform fishes: a review focusing primarily on progress in the period from 1980 to 2014. Ichthyological Research, 62 (1): 72-113.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2015). "Canthidermis maculata" in FishBase. February 2015 version.
Categories:
- Balistidae
- Marine fish genera
- Taxa named by William John Swainson
- Triggerfish stubs