Melichthys Swainson, 1839

Dataset

GBIF Backbone Taxonomy

Rank

GENUS

Published in

Swainson, William. 1839. The natural history and classification of fishes, amphibians, & reptiles, or monocardian animals. Longman’s, London. Vol. 2: i-vi, 1-448.

Classification

kingdom

Animalia

phylum

Chordata

order

Tetraodontiformes

family

Balistidae

genus

Melichthys

Name

Synonyms

Melichtys

Melicthys

Oncobalistes Fowler, 1946

Homonyms

Melichthys Swainson, 1839

Common names

ソロイモンガラ属 in Japanese

Bibliographic References

1. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes (online version), 2012 version.
2. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes (online version), 2012 version.
3. FishBase
4. Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2024). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. <em>California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco.</em> Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2024.
5. N. H. Fishes, etc., 2, 194
6. Neave, S. A. and successors. (1939-2004). Nomenclator Zoologicus, vols. 1-10 online. [developed by uBio, hosted online at MBLWHOI Library].
7. Neave, S. A. and successors. (1939-2004). Nomenclator Zoologicus, vols. 1-10 online. [developed by uBio, hosted online at MBLWHOI Library].
8. Neave, Sheffield Airey. (1939-1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus vol. 1-10 Online. <em>[Online Nomenclator Zoologicus at Checklistbank. Ubio link has gone].</em>
9. Robins, Richard C., Reeve M. Bailey, Carl E. Bond, James R. Brooker, Ernest A. Lachner, et al., 1991: Common and Scientific Names of Fishes from the United States and Canada, Fifth Edition. American Fisheries Society Special Publication, no. 20. 183.
10. SN2000/Eschmeyer, 1998
11. SN2000/Eschmeyer, 1998
12. WoRMS (Mar 2013)
13. WoRMS (Mar 2013)