Rhinecanthus aculeatus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Patankar, Vardhan, Paranjape, Akhila, Tyabji, Zoya, Wagh, Tanmay & Marathe, Aniruddha, 2018, Occurrence and distribution of tetraodontiform fishes of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India, Check List 14 (3), pp. 529-537 : 531

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.15560/14.3.529
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scientific name	Rhinecanthus aculeatus (Linnaeus, 1758)
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Rhinecanthus aculeatus (Linnaeus, 1758) View in CoL

We observed 4 individuals at 3 islands and 3 sites in the South and Central Nicobar region. Body brownish dorsally, white ventrally, with a tapering dark bar through eye, large black patch on lower body, 3 rows of black dots on base of tail.

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Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Chordata
Class	Actinopterygii
Order	Tetraodontiformes
Family	Balistidae
Genus	Rhinecanthus

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