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Melichthys vidua  (Richardson, 1845)
Taxonomic Serial No.: 173175

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Species  
  Synonym(s): Balistes nycteris (Jordan & Evermann, 1903)
  
    Balistes vidua Richardson, 1845
  
    Pachynathus nycteris Jordan & Evermann, 1903
  
    Oncobalistes erythropterus Fowler, 1946
  
    Balistes vidua kamoharai Abe, 1958
  
  Common Name(s): humhumu hiukoli [Hawaiian]
  
    pintailed triggerfish [English]
  
    Pinktail Durgon [English]
  
    cochito cola rosada [Spanish]
  
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: valid  
       
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  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomDeuterostomia   
          PhylumChordata  – cordés, cordado, chordates  
             SubphylumVertebrata  – vertebrado, vertébrés, vertebrates  
                InfraphylumGnathostomata   
                   SuperclassActinopterygii  – ray-finned fishes, spiny rayed fishes, poisson épineux, poissons à nageoires rayonnées  
                      ClassTeleostei   
                         SuperorderAcanthopterygii   
                            OrderTetraodontiformes  – leatherjackets, cowfishes, filefishes, puffers, triggerfishes, trunkfishes, balistes, poissons-coffres, poissons-globes  
                               SuborderBalistoidei  – filefishes, leatherjackets, triggerfishes  
                                  FamilyBalistidae  – filefishes, triggerfishes, balistes, cochitos  
                                     GenusMelichthys Swainson, 1839  
                                        SpeciesMelichthys vidua (Richardson, 1845) – humhumu hiukoli, pintailed triggerfish, Pinktail Durgon, cochito cola rosada  
       

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  Source: Catalog of Fishes, 31-Oct-2014, website (version 31-Oct-14)  
  Acquired: 2014   
  Notes: Eschmeyer, W. N. (ed). Catalog of Fishes. (http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp). Electronic version accessed 03-Nov-2014   
  Reference for: Melichthys vidua   
       
  Source: NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)  
  Acquired: 1996   
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  Reference for: Melichthys vidua   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Page, L. M., H. Espinosa-Pérez, L. T. Findley, C. R. Gilbert, R. N. Lea, N. E. Mandrak, et al., eds.  
  Publication Date: 2013   
  Article/Chapter Title: Common and Scientific Names of Fishes from the United States, Canada, and Mexico, Seventh Edition   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: American Fisheries Society Special Publication, no. 34   
  Page(s): 243   
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  ISBN/ISSN: 978-1-934874-318   
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  Reference for: Melichthys vidua, cochito cola rosada [Spanish], Pinktail Durgon [English]   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Shiino, Sueo M.  
  Publication Date: 1976   
  Article/Chapter Title: List of Common Names of Fishes of the World, Those Prevailing among English-speaking Nations   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Science Report of Shima Marineland, no. 4   
  Page(s): 262   
  Publisher: Shima Marineland   
  Publication Place: Kashikojima, Shima, Mie, Japan   
  ISBN/ISSN: 0385-1109   
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  Reference for: Melichthys vidua, humhumu hiukoli [Hawaiian]   
       

 Geographic Information
       
  Geographic Division: East Pacific  
    Indo-West Pacific  
       
  Jurisdiction/Origin: Central Pacific Territories, Native  
    Hawaii, Native  
 

 

    

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