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View Mode View All Pictures Species Melichthys vidua (Richardson 1845)    Melichthys vidua was originally described as Balistes vidua by Richardson in 1845. It belongs to the family Balistidae. It is commonly known as Pinktail triggerfish but has many other common names such as in Australia as Pinktail triggerfish , in Japan as Kuromongara, in Papua New Guinea as White tailed triggerfish, in Philippines as Ampapagot, in South Africa as Pinktail triggerfish. more common names It is found in Salt water and its distribution is Indo-Pacific: East Africa, South Africa and Réunion (western Mascarenes) east to Hawaiian Islands, Line Islands, Marquesas Islands and Gambier Islands, north to southern Japan and Ogasawara Islands, south to Great Barrier Reef (Australia), New Caledonia and Tonga.   Species Species   Higher Taxa Higher Taxa   Original Original   Subspecies Subspecies   Current Current   General General   Name History Name History   Related Pages Related Pages   Species of this Genus Species of this Genus   Species   vidua AuthorWI   Richardson [J.] AuthorNI   Richardson Qualification   (ex Solander) Year   1845 Status   Valid Class   Osteichthyes Osteichthyes Order   Tetraodontiformes Tetraodontiformes Family   Balistidae Subfamily   --- --- Genus   Melichthys Subgenus   --- Class   Osteichthyes Order   Tetraodontiformes Family   Balistidae Genus   Melichthys Original Name   Balistes         Taxon Name   vidua Original Combination   Balistes vidua Original Genus   Balistes Original Genus Species   Balistes vidua OriginalSubGenus   Balistes Original Author   Richardson Original AuthorWI   Richardson [J.] Original Qualification   (ex Solander) Original Year   1845 Original Family   Balistidae Original SubFamily   --- Original Level   species Type Locality   Polynesia and Tahiti, Society Islands. Primary Code   --- Page   128 Illustrations   Pl. 59 (figs. 9-12) SubSpecies AuthorWI   --- Qualification SS   --- Original QualificationSS   --- Current Subspecies AuthorWI   --- Current Genus Species   Melichthys vidua Current Species   vidua Current Genus   Melichthys Current AuthorWI   Fowler [H. W.] Current AuthorNI   Fowler Current Year   1845 Current Family   Balistidae Current Subfamily   --- --- Habitat   reef-associated         Water   Salt water Depth Range   From 4 to 60 meters.     Distribution   Indo-Pacific: East Africa, South Africa and Réunion (western Mascarenes) east to Hawaiian Islands, Line Islands, Marquesas Islands and Gambier Islands, north to southern Japan and Ogasawara Islands, south to Great Barrier Reef (Australia), New Caledonia and Tonga. Current Summary   Valid as Melichthys vidua  (Richardson 1845). Balistidae.   Name History   • Valid as Melichthys vidua  (Richardson 1845) -- (Randall & Klausewitz 1973:62 [ref. 7581], Matsuura in Masuda et al. 1984:358 [ref. 6441], Smith & Heemstra 1986:879 [ref. 5714], Allen & Swainston 1988:158 [ref. 25477], Allen & Swainston 1988:150 [ref. 25477], Randall et al. 1990:454 [ref. 15987], Mohsin & Ambak 1996:610 [ref. 27969] with author as Solander, Lindberg et al. 1997:60 [ref. 23547], Allen 1997:238, 250 [ref. 23977], Grove & Lavenberg 1997:632 [ref. 24023], Chen et al. 1997:179 [ref. 26476] with author and date as Solander 1844, Kuiter 1997:386 [ref. 25488], Randall et al. 1997:454 [ref. 25919], Randall & Mundy 1998:331 [ref. 24063], Allen & Swainston 1988:150 [ref. 25477], Myers 1999:282 [ref. 23965], Fricke 1999:580 [ref. 24106], Matsuura in Randall & Lim 2000:647 [ref. 25122], Nakabo 2000:1396 [ref. 25182], Laboute & Grandperrin 2000:455 [ref. 25191], Randall & Earle 2000:22 [ref. 25806], Hutchins 2001:47 [ref. 25847], Matsuura 2001:3924 [ref. 26315] with authorship as Solander 1844, Nakabo 2002:1396 [ref. 26193], Allen & Adrim 2003:64 [ref. 26830] with author and date as Solander 1844, Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S123 [ref. 27377], Myers & Donaldson 2003:649 [ref. 27495] with author as Solander 1844, Lobel & Lobel 2004:77 [ref. 27576], Randall et al. 2004:31 [ref. 27624] as Solander 1845, Adrim et al. 2004:127 [ref. 27715], Randall 2005:623 [ref. 28239] with author as Solander in Richardson, Mundy 2005:524 [ref. 28379], Allen et al. 2006:1873 [ref. 29098], Randall 2007:471 [ref. 30952], Fricke et al. 2009:116 [ref. 30213], McCosker & Rosenblatt 2010:195 [ref. 30957] with author as Solander and dated 1844, Motomura et al. 2010:232 [ref. 31256], Allen & Erdmann 2012:1063 [ref. 31980], Page et al. 2013:189 [ref. 32708]). Common Names  Common Names Picture  Picture Places  Places Hierarchy  Hierarchy First Publication  First Publication Collections   Collections Species Links  Species Links Name Combinations   Name Combinations References  References Page 1 of 1 (10 items). Click on a column heading to sort data. [1] Page size: 25 50 100 Drag a column header here to group by that column Species   Genus Species   Authorship   Status   bispinosus Melichthys bispinosus Gilbert [C. H.] 1890 Synonym erythropterus Melichthys erythropterus (Fowler [H. W.] 1946) Synonym fuscolineatus Melichthys fuscolineatus (Seale [A.] 1901) Synonym indicus Melichthys indicus Randall [J. E.] & Klausewitz [W.] 1973 Valid kamoharai Melichthys kamoharai (Abe [T.] 1958) Synonym kibitar Melichthys kibitar (Montrouzier [X.] 1857) Synonym niger Melichthys niger (Bloch [M. E.] 1786) Valid nycteris Melichthys nycteris (Jordan [D. S.] & Evermann [B. W.] 1903) Synonym piceus Melichthys piceus (Poey [F.] 1863) Synonym sillone Melichthys sillone (Le Danois [Y.] 1961) Synonym Begins with Contains Doesn't contain Ends with Equals Doesn't equal Is less than Is less than or equal to Is greater than Is greater than or equal to Like ('%', '_') Page 1 of 1 (10 items). Click on a column heading to sort data. [1] Page size: 25 50 100 Create Filter   Loading…