Species details : Canthigaster sanctaehelenae (Günther, 1870)

Accepted scientific name:
Canthigaster sanctaehelenae (Günther, 1870) (accepted name) 1 literature reference for Canthigaster sanctaehelenae  (Günther, 1870)
Synonyms:
Canthigaster rostrata (non Bloch, 1786) (misapplied name) 1 literature reference for Canthigaster rostrata (non Bloch, 1786)
Tetrodon sanctaehelenae Günther, 1870 (synonym) 1 literature reference for Tetrodon sanctaehelenae Günther, 1870
Common names:
Common name Transliteration Language Country
Bastard Hogfish - English St Helena Click here to show the literature
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Bottlefish - English St Helena Click here to show the literature
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St. Helena Sharpnose Pufferfish - English United Kingdom Click here to show the literature
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圣泽扁背鲀 Sheng ze bian bei tun Mandarin Chinese China Click here to show the literature
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聖澤扁背魨 Sheng ze bian bei tun Mandarin Chinese China Click here to show the literature
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Classification:
Kingdom Animalia CoL
Phylum Chordata CoL
Class Actinopterygii FishBase
Order Tetraodontiformes FishBase
Family Tetraodontidae FishBase
Genus Canthigaster FishBase
Distribution: Southeast Atlantic: known only from St. Helena and Ascension islands.
Lifezones: Marine
Additional data: -
Latest taxonomic scrutiny: Group expert : Matsuura, K., 19-May-2014
Source database: FishBase, Jan 2015   99%
Bibliographic citation: Froese R. & Pauly D. (eds) (2025). FishBase (version Jan 2015). In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life, 2015 Annual Checklist (Roskov Y., Abucay L., Orrell T., Nicolson D., Kunze T., Flann C., Bailly N., Kirk P., Bourgoin T., DeWalt R.E., Decock W., De Wever A., eds). Digital resource at www.catalogueoflife.org/col. Species 2000: Naturalis, Leiden, the Netherlands. ISSN 2405-8858.
Online resource: http://www.fishbase.org/Summary/SpeciesSummary.php?ID=55073
CoL taxon LSID: urn:lsid:catalogueoflife.org:taxon:11796265-ac8f-11e3-805d-020044200006:col20150401