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Balistes ellioti  Day, 1889
Taxonomic Serial No.: 173144

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Species  
  Synonym(s):    
  Common Name(s): Elliot's filefish [English]
  
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: valid  
       
  Data Quality Indicators:    
  Record Credibility Rating: verified - minimum standards met  
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomDeuterostomia   
          PhylumChordata  – cordés, cordado, chordates  
             SubphylumVertebrata  – vertebrado, vertébrés, vertebrates  
                InfraphylumGnathostomata   
                   SuperclassActinopterygii  – ray-finned fishes, spiny rayed fishes, poisson épineux, poissons à nageoires rayonnées  
                      ClassTeleostei   
                         SuperorderAcanthopterygii   
                            OrderTetraodontiformes  – leatherjackets, cowfishes, filefishes, puffers, triggerfishes, trunkfishes, balistes, poissons-coffres, poissons-globes  
                               SuborderBalistoidei  – filefishes, leatherjackets, triggerfishes  
                                  FamilyBalistidae  – filefishes, triggerfishes, balistes, cochitos  
                                     GenusBalistes Linnaeus, 1758 – triggerfishes  
                                        SpeciesBalistes ellioti Day, 1889 – Elliot's filefish  
       

 References
       
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  Other Source(s):    
  Source: Catalog of Fishes, 03-Feb-2015, website (version 03-Feb-15)  
  Acquired: 2015   
  Notes: Eschmeyer, W. N. (ed). Catalog of Fishes. (http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp). Electronic version accessed 09-Feb-2015   
  Reference for: Balistes ellioti   
       
  Source: Catalog of Fishes, 13-May-2004, website (version 10-May-04)  
  Acquired: 2004   
  Notes: http://www.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/   
  Reference for: Balistes ellioti   
       
  Source: NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)  
  Acquired: 1996   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Balistes ellioti   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Shiino, Sueo M.   
  Publication Date: 1976   
  Article/Chapter Title: List of Common Names of Fishes of the World, Those Prevailing among English-speaking Nations   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Science Report of Shima Marineland, no. 4   
  Page(s): 262   
  Publisher: Shima Marineland   
  Publication Place: Kashikojima, Shima, Mie, Japan   
  ISBN/ISSN: 0385-1109   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Balistes ellioti, Elliot's filefish [English]   
       

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 Comments
       
  Comment: No comment on the validity of Balistes ellioti Day, 1889 in Eschmeyer (online Catalog of Fishes, 2004-2015)  
 

 

    


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