Australian Museum Journal Review of the sharpnose pufferfishes (subfamily Canthigasterinae) of the Indo-Pacific
- Shortform:
- Allen and Randall, 1977, Rec. Aust. Mus. 30(17): 475–517
- Author(s):
- Allen, Gerald R.; Randall, John E.
- Year published:
- 1977
- Title:
- Review of the sharpnose pufferfishes (subfamily Canthigasterinae) of the Indo-Pacific
- Serial title:
- Records of the Australian Museum
- Volume:
- 30
- Issue:
- 17
- Start page:
- 475
- End page:
- 517
- DOI:
- 10.3853/j.0067-1975.30.1977.192
- Language:
- English
- Date published:
- 31 December 1977
- Cover date:
- 31 December 1977
- ISSN:
- 0067-1975
- CODEN:
- RAUMAJ
- Publisher:
- The Australian Museum
- Place published:
- Sydney, Australia
- Subjects:
- FISHES; TAXONOMY
- Digitized:
- 10 February 2009
- Available online:
- 04 March 2009
- Reference number:
- 192
- EndNote package:
- EndNote file
- Title page:
- Title page (89kb PDF)
- Complete work:
- Complete work (8096kb PDF)
Abstract
Twenty-two species of Canthigaster (Tetraodontidae; Canthigasterinae), including seven which are described as new, are recognized from the tropical Indo-Pacific: C. amboinensis (widespread Indo-Pacific), C. bennetti (widespread Indo-W. Pacific), C. callisterna (New South Wales; Lord Howe, Norfolk, and Kermadec islands; northern New Zealand), C. compressa (E. Indies; Melanesia; Philippine Islands), C. coronata (widespread Indo-W. Pacific), C. epilampra (W. Pacific), C. inframacula n. sp. (Hawaiian Islands), C. investigatoris (Andaman Islands), C. jactator (Hawaiian Islands), C. janthinoptera (widespread Indo-W. Pacific), C. margaritata (Red Sea), C. marquesensis n. sp. (Marquesas Islands), C. natalensis (Mauritius; South Africa), C. ocellicincta n. sp. (Melanesia; Great Barrier Reef), C. punctatissima (eastern Pacific), C. pygmaea n. sp. (Red Sea), C. rapaensis n. sp. (Rapa), C. rivulata (widespread Indo-W. Pacific), C. smithae n.sp. (Mauritius, and South Africa), C. solandri (widespread Indo-W. Pacific), C. tyleri n. sp. (Indian Ocean), and C. valentini (widespread Indo-W. Pacific). Notes are included on the ecology and distribution, and food habit data are presented for five species. Tables of meristic and morphometric characters, colour illustrations of 20 species, black-and-white photographs of three species, synonymies, and a diagnosis or description for each species are included.