Abalistes stellatus Lacepède, 1798

Mary, S. Nithya, Ravitchandirane, V. & Gunalan, B., 2021, Checklist of order Tetraodontiformes (Actinopterygii) from Puducherry Coasts, Southeast Coast of India with Nine New Records, Records of the Zoological Survey of India 121 (3), pp. 393-404 : 396

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.26515/rzsi/v121/i3/2021/155960
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13187045
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scientific name	Abalistes stellatus Lacepède, 1798
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Abalistes stellatus Lacepède, 1798 View in CoL ( Figure 2D View Figure 2 )

Material examined: India: Puducherry, Nallavadu fish landing centre (11°51’32”, 79°48’56” NE 3543), 25.i.2020,1 ex., leg. Nithya Mary [ MBRC /ZSI/F- 2408].

Common Name: Starry triggerfish. Habitat: Marine-Reef Associated. Diet Pattern: Benthic Invertebrates.

Distribution: India: Puducherry; Andaman ( Rao, 2003), Tamil Nadu ( Abdussamad et al., 2009), Kerala ( Kumar & Raghavan, 2015), West Bengal ( Gosami, 1992). Elsewhere: Red Sea and Persian Gulf ( Randall, 1995).