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View Mode Genus Melichthys Swainson 1839   Genus Genus   Hierarchy Hierarchy   Original Genus Original Genus   Current Genus Current Genus   Name History Name History   Genus   Melichthys AuthorWI   Swainson [W.] AuthorNI   Swainson Qualification   --- Year   1839 Status   Valid Gender   masculine Water   Salt water Class   Osteichthyes Order   Tetraodontiformes Family   Balistidae Subfamily   --- Tribe   --- Original Genus   Melichthys Original Family   Balistidae Original Sub Family   --- --- Original Year   1839 Gender   masculine Type Species   Balistes ringens Type Species AuthorWI   Osbeck [P.] Type Species AuthorNI   Osbeck Type Species Qualification   --- Type Species Year   1765 Type Designation   Type by subsequent designation Senior Objective Synonym   = *Balistes niger* Bloch 1786 Current Genus   Melichthys Current Year   1839 Current Family   Balistidae Current Summary   Valid as Melichthys  Swainson 1839. Balistidae.   Name History   • Valid as Melichthys  Swainson 1839 -- (Randall & Klausewitz 1973:58 [ref. 7581], Matsuura 1980:40 [ref. 6943], Tyler 1980:120 [ref. 4477], Arai 1983:199 [ref. 14249], Matsuura in Masuda et al. 1984:358 [ref. 6441], Smith & Heemstra 1986:879 [ref. 5714], Lindberg et al. 1997:60 [ref. 23547], Matsuura 2001:3912 [ref. 26315], Matsuura 2003:1964 [ref. 27119], Allen et al. 2006:1872 [ref. 29098]). Loading…