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Melichthys niger in life
In life — Black Triggerfish, photographed by an iNaturalist observer, not this specimen. (c) Mark Rosenstein, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
BPBM 26996Ichthyology

Melichthys niger

Black Triggerfish

As recorded: Melichthys niger (Bloch, 1786)

Animalia › Chordata › Tetraodontiformes › Balistidae

Collected by
R/V "John R. Manning" cruise 20, station 13station →V John R. Manning cruise 20 →
Date
May 25, 1954
Locality
Teraina Island
Island
Teraina Island
Region
Kiribati
Coordinates
4.7500, -160.1830
Record type
Preserved specimen
22 Bishop specimens of Melichthys niger · collected 1901–1983Species page ›

Where it was collected

Cite this specimen

Melichthys niger. BPBM 26996. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 37534787. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/i/26996.

Record sources