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Names and sources

Accepted Name Source
Melichthys niger (Bloch, 1786)
Published in:Yearsley, G.K., Last, P.R. & Morris, G.B. 1997, "Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota (CAAB): an upgraded and expanded species coding system for Australian fisheries databases", 15 pp. + appendices
Synonym Source
Balistes niger Bloch, 1786 synonym
Published in:Bloch, M.E. 1786, Naturgeschichte der ausländischen Fische, vol. 2, 160 pp. pls 145-180, J. Morino, Berlin p27, pl. 152, fig. 2
Common Name Source
Black Triggerfish standard Australia
Black Triggerfish preferred Australia
Ebony Triggerfish Australia
Name Source
Melichthys niger (Bloch, 1786) accepted
Melichthys niger (Bloch, 1786) accepted

Bare scientific name reallocated to Melichthys niger (Bloch, 1786) by taxonomy builder
Identifier Source
http://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/0c7d867c-beed-4237-b9b8-e53e3e8fe910 Taxon unknown
https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/0c7d867c-beed-4237-b9b8-e53e3e8fe910 Taxon current
urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:0c7d867c-beed-4237-b9b8-e53e3e8fe910 Taxon LSID unknown
https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/0c7d867c-beed-4237-b9b8-e53e3e8fe910 Taxon Concept current
37465081 Taxon Concept current
37465081 Taxon current
https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/2cc1ba8a-6a43-4af6-bcfd-979d5dec1e46 Scientific Name current

Classification

kingdom
ANIMALIA
phylum
CHORDATA
subphylum
VERTEBRATA
informal
GNATHOSTOMATA
informal
PISCES
class
ACTINOPTERYGII
unranked
EUTELEOSTEI
superorder
ACANTHOPTERYGII
order
TETRAODONTIFORMES
family
BALISTIDAE
genus
Melichthys
species
Melichthys niger
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