WoRMS taxon details
Rhinecanthus rectangulus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
219886 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:219886)
accepted
Species
Balistapus rectangulus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801) · unaccepted
Balistes echarpe Anonymous [Lacepède], 1798 · unaccepted (synonym)
Balistes rectangulus Bloch & Schneider, 1801 · unaccepted
Rhinecanthus echarpe (Anonymous [Lacepède], 1798) · unaccepted
Rhinecanthus rectangulatus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801) · unaccepted (misspelling)
Rhinecanthus retangulus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801) · unaccepted (misspelling)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Balistes rectangulus Bloch & Schneider, 1801) Bloch, M.E.; Schneider, J.G. (1801). M.E. Blochii, Systema Ichthyologiae iconibus cx illustratum. Post obitum auctoris opus inchoatum absolvit, correxit, interpolavit Jo. <em>Gottlob Schneider, Saxo. Berolini. Sumtibus Auctoris Impressum et Bibliopolio Sanderiano Commissum.</em> Pp i-lx + 1-584, Pls. 1-110., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/5750#/summary
page(s): 465 [details]
page(s): 465 [details]
Description Occurs in shallow outer reefs subject to surge (Ref. 9770). Commonly found over barren rock or the spur-and-groove zone...
Description Occurs in shallow outer reefs subject to surge (Ref. 9770). Commonly found over barren rock or the spur-and-groove zone where there is a mixture of bare rock, rubble, and coral. Feeds on algae, detritus, molluscs, crustaceans, worms, echinoderms, fishes, sponges, foraminiferans, and eggs. Territorial. Also taken by drive-in nets (Ref. 9770). [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Rhinecanthus rectangulus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=219886 on 2025-04-16
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Balistes echarpe Anonymous [Lacepède], 1798) Anonymous [Lacepède]. (1798). [Review of] Tome I of `Histoire naturelle des poissons' by Lacepède (1798). <em>Allgemeine Literatur-Zeitung.</em> 798 (pt. 3) (no. 287) (for 24 Sept. 1798): columns 673-680. [Presented at meeting of 24 September. Apparently the first Latinization of a few Lacepède genera.]. [details]
original description (of Balistes rectangulus Bloch & Schneider, 1801) Bloch, M.E.; Schneider, J.G. (1801). M.E. Blochii, Systema Ichthyologiae iconibus cx illustratum. Post obitum auctoris opus inchoatum absolvit, correxit, interpolavit Jo. <em>Gottlob Schneider, Saxo. Berolini. Sumtibus Auctoris Impressum et Bibliopolio Sanderiano Commissum.</em> Pp i-lx + 1-584, Pls. 1-110., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/5750#/summary
page(s): 465 [details]
basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
original description (of Balistes rectangulus Bloch & Schneider, 1801) Bloch, M.E.; Schneider, J.G. (1801). M.E. Blochii, Systema Ichthyologiae iconibus cx illustratum. Post obitum auctoris opus inchoatum absolvit, correxit, interpolavit Jo. <em>Gottlob Schneider, Saxo. Berolini. Sumtibus Auctoris Impressum et Bibliopolio Sanderiano Commissum.</em> Pp i-lx + 1-584, Pls. 1-110., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/5750#/summary
page(s): 465 [details]
basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
Ecology
ecology source
Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details] 
Other
additional source
King, C.M.; Roberts, C.D.; Bell, B.D.; Fordyce, R.E.; Nicoll, R.S.; Worthy, T.H.; Paulin, C.D.; Hitchmough, R.A.; Keyes, I.W.; Baker, A.N.; Stewart, A.L.; Hiller, N.; McDowall, R.M.; Holdaway, R.N.; McPhee, R.P.; Schwarzhans, W.W.; Tennyson, A.J.D.; Rust, S.; Macadie, I. (2009). Phylum Chordata: lancelets, fishes, amphibians, reptiles, birds, mammals. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> pp. 431-554. [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Description Occurs in shallow outer reefs subject to surge (Ref. 9770). Commonly found over barren rock or the spur-and-groove zone where there is a mixture of bare rock, rubble, and coral. Feeds on algae, detritus, molluscs, crustaceans, worms, echinoderms, fishes, sponges, foraminiferans, and eggs. Territorial. Also taken by drive-in nets (Ref. 9770). [details]
To Barcode of Life (23 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Rhinecanthus rectangulatus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (13 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (19 publications) (from synonym Balistapus rectangulus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Balistes echarpe Anonymous [Lacepède], 1798)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Rhinecanthus echarpe (Anonymous [Lacepède], 1798))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (36 publications) (from synonym Balistes rectangulus Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Balistes rectangulus Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Balistapus rectangulus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801))
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Rhinecanthus rectangulus)
To FishBase (from synonym Balistapus rectangulus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801))
To FishBase (from synonym Balistes rectangulus Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Balistes echarpe Anonymous [Lacepède], 1798)
To FishBase (from synonym Rhinecanthus echarpe (Anonymous [Lacepède], 1798))
To FishBase (from synonym Rhinecanthus rectangulatus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801))
To FishBase (from synonym Rhinecanthus retangulus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801))
To FishBase images (Rhinecanthus rectangulus, Hawaii, by Randall, J.E.)
To FishSounds
To GenBank (33 nucleotides; 37 proteins)
To GenBank (33 nucleotides; 37 proteins) (from synonym Balistes rectangulus Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Balistapus rectangulus P01439 illustration) (from synonym Balistapus rectangulus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801))
To NMNH Extant Collection (Rhinecanthus rectangulus USNM 408480 photograph lateral view)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Rhinecanthus rectangulus USNM 408767 photograph lateral view)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Rhinecanthus rectangulatus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (13 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (19 publications) (from synonym Balistapus rectangulus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Balistes echarpe Anonymous [Lacepède], 1798)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Rhinecanthus echarpe (Anonymous [Lacepède], 1798))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (36 publications) (from synonym Balistes rectangulus Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Balistes rectangulus Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Balistapus rectangulus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801))
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Rhinecanthus rectangulus)
To FishBase (from synonym Balistapus rectangulus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801))
To FishBase (from synonym Balistes rectangulus Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Balistes echarpe Anonymous [Lacepède], 1798)
To FishBase (from synonym Rhinecanthus echarpe (Anonymous [Lacepède], 1798))
To FishBase (from synonym Rhinecanthus rectangulatus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801))
To FishBase (from synonym Rhinecanthus retangulus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801))
To FishBase images (Rhinecanthus rectangulus, Hawaii, by Randall, J.E.)
To FishSounds
To GenBank (33 nucleotides; 37 proteins)
To GenBank (33 nucleotides; 37 proteins) (from synonym Balistes rectangulus Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Balistapus rectangulus P01439 illustration) (from synonym Balistapus rectangulus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801))
To NMNH Extant Collection (Rhinecanthus rectangulus USNM 408480 photograph lateral view)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Rhinecanthus rectangulus USNM 408767 photograph lateral view)
To ITIS
From editor or global species database
Unreviewed
