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Balistidae {family} -
Chordata
;
Actinopterygii
;
Tetraodontiformes
;
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Sub-taxa
Genera (12)
Abalistes [67]
Balistapus [42]
Balistes [257]
Balistoides [78]
Canthidermis [96]
Melichthys [91]
Odonus [89]
Pseudobalistes [64]
Rhinecanthus [122]
Sufflamen [223]
Xanthichthys [65]
Xenobalistes [2]
Taxon Description (Wikipedia)
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BOLD Stats
Specimen Records:
1,248
Public Records:
834
Specimens with Sequences:
1,113
Public Species:
40
Specimens with Barcodes:
1,097
Public BINs:
30
Species:
42
Species With Barcodes:
41
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Imagery
images representing subtaxa of Balistidae
(
Xanthichthys
)
Sample ID:
HLC-10727
License:
CreativeCommons - Attribution (2010)
License Holder:
CBG Photography Group, Centre for Biodiversity Genomics
Collection Sites
Collected from 41 countries.
Top 20:
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Philippines
88
French Polynesia
31
New Caledonia
6
Mexico
87
Taiwan
27
Pakistan
6
Indonesia
76
India
26
Brazil
5
Madagascar
47
Costa Rica
23
Netherlands
4
United States
47
South Africa
17
Bangladesh
4
Australia
44
Peru
15
Vanuatu
4
France
34
Tanzania
14
![(Abalistes - NPPF1141) @14 [ ] Copyright (2010) H. Asgharian Unspecified](http://v3.boldsystems.org/pics/_w300/NNPF/1141-e%2B1261259586.jpg "(Abalistes - NPPF1141) {} [ ] Copyright (2010)")
![(Balistapus - NBE1257) @14 [ ] No Rights Reserved Unspecified Unspecified](http://v3.boldsystems.org/pics/_w300/SBF/NBE1257%2B1210707872.JPG "(Balistapus - NBE1257) {} [ ] No Rights Reserved")
![(Balistes - MLFPI184) @14 [ ] Unspecified (default): All Rights Reserved Unspecified Unspecified](http://v3.boldsystems.org/pics/_w300/MLFPI/MLFPI184%2B1302818702.JPG "(Balistes - MLFPI184) {} [ ] Unspecified (default): All Rights Reserved")
![(Balistoides - R0501_511) @14 [ ] Copyright (2015) Adeline COLLET OCEA Consult](http://v3.boldsystems.org/pics/_w300/COLOR/R0501_511%2B1429043582.jpg "(Balistoides - R0501_511) {} [ ] Copyright (2015)")
![(Canthidermis - MXV0309) @15 [ ] Unspecified (default): All Rights Reserved Unspecified Unspecified](http://v3.boldsystems.org/pics/_w300/MXV/MXV309%2B1300382992.JPG "(Canthidermis - MXV0309) {} [ ] Unspecified (default): All Rights Reserved")
![(Melichthys - MBIO214.4) @15 [ ] Unspecified (default): All Rights Reserved Unspecified Unspecified](http://v3.boldsystems.org/pics/_w300/MBFA/MBIO214_1%2B1171627200.jpg "(Melichthys - MBIO214.4) {} [ ] Unspecified (default): All Rights Reserved")
![(Odonus - MBIO670.4) @14 [ ] Unspecified (default): All Rights Reserved Unspecified Unspecified](http://v3.boldsystems.org/pics/_w300/MBFA/MBIO670_1%2B1171627440.jpg "(Odonus - MBIO670.4) {} [ ] Unspecified (default): All Rights Reserved")
![(Pseudobalistes - HLC-11114) @14 [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution (2010) CBG Photography Group Centre for Biodiversity Genomics](http://v3.boldsystems.org/pics/_w300/TZAIC/HLC-11114%2B1148160290.jpg "(Pseudobalistes - HLC-11114) {} [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution (2010)")
![(Rhinecanthus - KUT 5641) @15 [ ] Unspecified (default): All Rights Reserved University of Kansas Biodiversity Institute (KUBI) Unspecified](http://v3.boldsystems.org/pics/_w300/KUBIV/T5641%2B1327953550.jpg "(Rhinecanthus - KUT 5641) {} [ ] Unspecified (default): All Rights Reserved")
![(Sufflamen - MAL-329) @15 [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution Non-Commercial Share-Alike (2012) SAIAB SAIAB](http://v3.boldsystems.org/pics/_w300/SAIAD/MAL-329%2B1292163986.JPG "(Sufflamen - MAL-329) {} [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution Non-Commercial Share-Alike (2012)")
![(Xanthichthys - HLC-10727) @14 [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution (2010) CBG Photography Group Centre for Biodiversity Genomics](http://v3.boldsystems.org/pics/_w300/TZAIC/HLC-10727%2B1149954332.jpg "(Xanthichthys - HLC-10727) {} [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution (2010)")
