Rhinecanthus abyssus Matsuura & Shiobara, 1989
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Rhinecanthus abyssus Matsuura & Shiobara, 1989
- Name authority
- Matsuura & Shiobara, 1989
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Teleostei
- Order
- Tetraodontiformes
- Family
- Balistidae
- Genus
- Rhinecanthus
- Extinction status
- Not supplied by this source
Source habitat flags: Marine: yes · Freshwater: no · Terrestrial: no. These do not form a complete habitat description.
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- subphylumVertebrata
- infraphylumGnathostomata
- parvphylumOsteichthyes
- gigaclassActinopterygii
- superclassActinopteri
- classTeleostei
- orderTetraodontiformes
- suborderBalistoidei
- familyBalistidae Rafinesque, 1810
- genusRhinecanthus Swainson, 1839
- speciesRhinecanthus abyssus Matsuura & Shiobara, 1989
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Rhinecanthus. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| white-banded triggerfishRhinecanthus aculeatus (Linnaeus, 1758) | BalistidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Picasso triggerfishRhinecanthus assasi (Forsskål, 1775) | BalistidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Rhinecanthus lunula Randall & Steene, 1983 | BalistidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Rhinecanthus cinereus (Bonnaterre, 1788) | BalistidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Rhinecanthus verrucosus (Linnaeus, 1758) | BalistidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- Matsuura, K., & Shiobara, Y. (1989). A new triggerfish, Rhinecanthus abyssus, from the Ryukyu Islands. Jap. J. Ichthyol., 36. https://doi.org/10.1007/bf02905615 Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:4S7KK. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.