- Title
- A new species of the triggerfish genus Xenobalistes matsuura (Tetradontiformes: Balistidae) from South Africa
- Title
- Special Publication (J.L.B. Smith Institute of Ichthyology) no.26
- Creator
- Heemstra, Phillip C
- Creator
- Smith, Margaret Mary
- Creator
- J.L.B. Smith Institute of Ichthyology
- Subject
- Fishes -- South Africa
- Subject
- Fishes -- Classification
- Subject
- Balistidae -- South Africa
- Date Issued
- 1983-01
- Date
- 1983-01
- Type
- text
- Type
- book
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/10962/69968
- Identifier
- vital:29603
- Identifier
- Margaret Smith Library (South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity (SAIAB)) Periodicals Margaret Smith Library (South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity (SAIAB))
- Description
- Online version of original print edition of the Special Publication of the J.L.B. Smith Institute of Ichthyology; No. 26
- Description
- Xenobalistes punctatus, the second species of the peculiar balistid genus Xenobalistes, is described from one specimen found on the beach at the mouth of the Van Stadens River, eastern Cape Province, South Africa. X. punctatus differs significantly from X. tumidipectoris Matsuura, 1981 in the number of body scale rows and spination of the anterolateral surface of the first dorsal-fin spine. The head and body of X. punctatus are dark brown, covered with numerous, small, evenly-spaced, silvery/white spots.
- Format
- 8 pages
- Format
- Publisher
- J.L.B. Smith Institute of Ichthyology
- Language
- English
- Relation
- Special Publication (J.L.B. Smith Institute of Ichthyology)
- Relation
- Heemstra, P. C. and Smith, M. M. (1983) A new species of the triggerfish genus Xenobalistes matsuura (Tetradontiformes: Balistidae) from South Africa. Grahamstown, J.L.B. Smith Institute of Ichthyology, Special publication, no. 26
- Relation
- Special Publication (J.L.B. Smith Institute of Ichthyology) volume number 26 1 8 January 1983 0075-2088
- Rights
- J.L.B. Smith Institute of Ichthyology
- Rights
- Use of this resource is governed by the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)
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