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Melichthys niger (Bloch, 1786)

Black triggerfish
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Maldives country information

Common names: [No common name]
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Museum: SMF 5235 (25.5 cm SL).
National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/mv.html
National Fisheries Authority:
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Randall, J.E. and C. Anderson, 1993
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Baliste noir, Black oldwife, Niggerfish, ... more

Classificação / Names Nomes comuns | Sinónimos | Catalog of Fishes(Género, Espécies) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

> Tetraodontiformes (Puffers and filefishes) > Balistidae (Triggerfishes)
Etymology: Melichthys: Greek, melas, melaina, melan, black + icthys yos, fish. On the other hand, in Smith et al.,1986: 878), 'body dark brown to black' in https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/266635#page/902/mode/1up.(P. Romero, pers.comm. 03/2022)..
  More on author: Bloch.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecologia

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