Rhinecanthus verrucosus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Golani, Daniel & Bogorodsky, Sergey V., 2010, 2463, Zootaxa 2463, pp. 1-135 : 85

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Rhinecanthus verrucosus (Linnaeus, 1758)
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This species occur from the Chagos Archipelago to southern Japan and Vanuatu ( Matsuura, 2001). Ben- Tuvia & Steinitz (1952) record from Elat was evidently a misidentification of Rhinecanthus assasi (Forsskål in Niebuhr, 1775).

Matsuura, K. (2001) Balistidae. Triggerfishes. In: Carpenter, K. E. & Niem, V. (Eds.) FAO species identification guide for fishery purposes. The living marine resources of the Western Central Pacific. Vol. 6. Bony fishes part 4 (Labridae to Latimeriidae), estuarine crocodiles. Rome, FAO. pp. 3911 - 3928.

Niebuhr, C. (1775) Descriptiones Animalium; Avium, Amphibiorum, Piscium, Insectorum, Vermium, quae in Itinere Orientali Observavit. Petrus Forskal. Prof. Haun. Post mortem auctoris editit Carsten Niebuhr. Adjuncta est material medica Kahirina atque tabula maris rubris geographica, 20 + XXXIV + 164 pp., 1 map; Hauniae, Copenhagen (Moller).