CAAB - Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota

Animalia (kingdom) » Chordata (phylum) » Actinopterygii (class) » Tetraodontiformes (order) » Balistidae (family)

CAAB Code:	37 465086 show as JSON
Scientific Name and Authority:	Canthidermis maculata (Bloch, 1786)
Rank:	species

CAAB category:	37 - Pisces Fishes
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Family:	37 465 Balistidae (Triggerfishes) - show full list
Standard Name (AS 5300):	Whitespotted Triggerfish
Organism Type:	a triggerfish
Taxon lists:	Current Australian list: Commercial species list: Standard Fish Names List:
Habitat:	Coastal (0-40m) Shelf Demersal (40-200m)
Parent Codes:	37 465916 Canthidermis spp.

Distribution map:
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Modelled distribution shown as blue polygon (source: Australian National Fish Expert Distributions) Updated on 2008-11-19.
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Expected species depth range is from 15 to 55 m.

Taxon Notes:

Canthidermis is feminine, so the correct spelling is maculata [Catalog of Fishes August 2025].

Identifiers:

AFD	urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:7c5744f3-50bf-4e84-afd6-48317e6316a7 Name status: accepted Checked on: 2025-08-11 View at Atlas of Living Australia
FoA	763 View at FoA
WoRMS	urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:158910 Name status: unaccepted Checked on: 2025-08-11 View at WoRMS - also at Ocean Biodiversity Information System (OBIS) (report and map of occurrences)

CAAB - Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota - Taxon report