FB-4284 http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=4284 Animalia Chordata Teleostei Tetraodontiformes Balistidae Xanthichthys Xanthichthys mento (Jordan & Gilbert, 1882) Rødhalet aftrækkerfisk Blue-throat trigger Crosshatch triggerfish Peach face triggerfish Redtail triggerfish Triggerfish Baliste à queue rouge Namemongara Ayam laut Jebong Jebong pelangi Cachudo cola roja Cochito cuadriculado Pez puerco Puerco de cola roja Buubul nipom Kokiri 門圖黃鱗魨 门图黄鳞鲀 Balistes mento Jordan & Gilbert, 1882 Xanthichthys gotonis Tanaka, 1918 Xanthichthys purus Tanaka, 1918 Xanthichthys surcatus de Buen, 1963 1991-05-02 2014-10-21 Breder, C.M. and D.E. Rosen0 Modes of reproduction in fishes. T.F.H. Publications, Neptune City, New Jersey. 941 p. (Ref. 205) Robins, C.R., R.M. Bailey, C.E. Bond, J.R. Brooker, E.A. Lachner, R.N. Lea and W.B. Scott0 A list of common and scientific names of fishes from the United States and Canada. Am. Fish. Soc. Spec. Publ. (12)1-174. (Ref. 276) Masuda, H., K. 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(Ref. 121505) Grove, J.S., D.J. Long, D.R. Robertson and B.C. Victor0 List of fishes of the Galapagos Archipelago, Ecuador. J. Ocean Sci. Found. 39:14-22. (Ref. 127348) Price, S.A., S.T. Friedman, K.A. Corn, O. Larouche, K. Brockelsby, A.J. Lee, M. Nagaraj, N.G. Bertrand, M. Danao, M.C. Coyne, J.R. Estrada, R. Friedman, E. Hoeft, M. Iwan, D. Gross, J.H. Kao, B. Landry, M.J. Linares, C. McGlinn and …0 FishShapes v1: Functionally relevant measurements of teleost shape and size on three dimensions. Ecology 103(e3829):1-2. (Ref. 137577) FB-pic-4284-5095 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/StillImage image/gif FAO 1995-08-02 2009-08-06 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 3.0 Unported License. Image can be freely copied and altered but may be used only for non-commercial purposes. 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Original author and source must be properly acknowledged WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=4284 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#TrophicStrategy http://www.fishbase.us/images/species/Xamen_m0.jpg http://www.fishbase.us/images/thumbnails/jpg/tn_Xamen_m0.jpg FB-pic-4284-20862 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/StillImage image/jpeg John E. Randall 1999-05-18 2000-04-12 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 3.0 Unported License. Image can be freely copied and altered but may be used only for non-commercial purposes. Original author and source must be properly acknowledged WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=4284 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Size http://www.fishbase.us/images/species/Xamen_m1.jpg http://www.fishbase.us/images/thumbnails/jpg/tn_Xamen_m1.jpg FB-pic-4284-51497 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/StillImage image/gif FAO 2009-08-06 2009-08-06 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 3.0 Unported License. Image can be freely copied and altered but may be used only for non-commercial purposes. Original author and source must be properly acknowledged WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=4284 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Threats http://www.fishbase.us/images/species/Xamen_u1.gif http://www.fishbase.us/images/thumbnails/gif/tn_Xamen_u1.gif FB-GeneralDescr-4284 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Rainer Froese 1991-05-02 00:00:00 2014-10-21 00:00:00 Biology http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=4284 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Habitat Found mainly around oceanic islands and near reefs along the continental coasts (Ref. 9276). Found in schools in seaward reefs above drop-offs (Ref. 9710). Benthopelagic (Ref. 58302). Feeds on zooplanktons (Ref. 89972). Myers, R.F. 1991 Micronesian reef fishes. Second Ed. Coral Graphics, Barrigada, Guam. 298 p. (Ref. 1602) FB-DiagnosticDescr-4284 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Cristina V. Garilao 1995-09-08 00:00:00 2006-11-13 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=4284 Males are straw-yellow with each scale outlined in black creating a crosshatched appearance, and a red tail with neon submarginal blue band. Females are also crosshatched, but with a slate gray to blue ground color and tail. Kawase, H. 2003 Spawning behavior and biparental egg care of the crosshatch triggerfish, <i>Xanthichthys mento</i> (Balistidae). Environ. Biol. Fishes 66:211-219. (Ref. 50430) FB-Morphology-4284 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Cristina V. Garilao 1995-09-08 00:00:00 2006-11-13 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=4284 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Morphology Dorsal spines (total): 3; Dorsal soft rays (total): 29 - 32; Analspines: 0; Analsoft rays: 26 - 29 Kawase, H. 2003 Spawning behavior and biparental egg care of the crosshatch triggerfish, <i>Xanthichthys mento</i> (Balistidae). Environ. Biol. Fishes 66:211-219. (Ref. 50430) FB-Distribution-4284 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Rainer Froese 1991-05-02 00:00:00 2025-11-05 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=4284 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Distribution Pacific Ocean: antitropical, from southern Japan, Hawaiian Islands, Clipperton Island, Revillagigedo Islands, southern California, Easter Island, and Pitcairn Islands. Matsuura, K. 2015 Taxonomy and systematics of tetraodontiform fishes: a review focusing primarily on progress in the period from 1980 to 2014. Ichthyol. Res. 62(1):72-113. (Ref. 97685) FB-Uses-4284 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Rainer Froese 1991-05-02 00:00:00 2014-10-21 00:00:00 Importance http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=4284 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Uses fisheries: commercial; aquarium: commercial Miyasaka, A. 1993 A database on scientific and common names of fishes exported from Hawaii. The information was derived from the above mentioned database. A printout of the names is also available from the State of Hawaii, Department of Land and Natural Resources, 1151 Punchbowl Street, Honolulu, Hawaii. (Ref. 5358) FB-LifeCycle-4284 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Susan M. Luna 1991-05-02 00:00:00 2014-10-21 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org//Reproduction/FishReproSummary.php?ID=4284&StockCode=4480 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#LifeCycle Males establish a territory for spawning and parental care but not for feeding (Ref. 116451). Only females tend the eggs but both parents keep guard (Ref. 116451). Breder, C.M. and D.E. Rosen 1966 Modes of reproduction in fishes. T.F.H. Publications, Neptune City, New Jersey. 941 p. (Ref. 205) FB-TrophicStrategy-4284 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Maria Lourdes D. Palomares 2007-05-08 00:00:00 2007-05-09 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public mento http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Size Found mainly around oceanic islands and near reefs along the continental coasts (Ref. 9276). Found in schools in seaward reefs above drop-offs (Ref. 9710). Myers, R.F. 1991 Micronesian reef fishes. Second Ed. Coral Graphics, Barrigada, Guam. 298 p. (Ref. 1602) FB-Size-4284 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Rainer Froese 1991-05-02 00:00:00 2014-10-21 00:00:00 Max. size http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=4284 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Threats 30.0 cm NG (male/unsexed; (Ref. 89467)) Randall, J.E. and A. Cea 2011 Shore fishes of Easter Island. University of Hawai'i Press, 164 p. (Ref. 89467) FB-Threats-2 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Belen Acosta 1990-10-18 00:00:00 2024-03-07 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=2 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Habitat Least Concern (LC) , IUCN Grouper and Wrasse Specialist Group IUCN 2006 2006 IUCN red list of threatened species. www.iucnredlist.org. Downloaded July 2006. FB-Habitat-4284 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Rainer Froese 1991-05-02 00:00:00 2014-10-21 00:00:00 Environment http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ FAO General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=4284 reef-associated; marine; depth range 6 - 130 m (Ref. 89972) Bacchet, P., T. Zysman and Y. Lefèvre 2006 Guide des poissons de Tahiti et ses îles. Tahiti (Polynésie Francaise): Éditions Au Vent des Îles. 608 p. (Ref. 89972)