WoRMS taxon details
Xanthichthys mento (Jordan & Gilbert, 1882)
276247 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:276247)
accepted
Species
Balistes mento Jordan & Gilbert, 1882 · unaccepted
Xanthichthys gotonis Tanaka, 1918 · unaccepted
Xanthichthys purus Tanaka, 1918 · unaccepted
Xanthichthys surcatus de Buen, 1963 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Balistes mento Jordan & Gilbert, 1882) Jordan, D. S.; Gilbert, C. H. (1882). Notes on a collection of fishes made by Lieut. Henry E. Nichols, U. S. N., on the west coast of Mexico, with descriptions of new species. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> v. 4 (no. 221): 225-233. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Xanthichthys mento (Jordan & Gilbert, 1882). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=276247 on 2025-04-11
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Balistes mento Jordan & Gilbert, 1882) Jordan, D. S.; Gilbert, C. H. (1882). Notes on a collection of fishes made by Lieut. Henry E. Nichols, U. S. N., on the west coast of Mexico, with descriptions of new species. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> v. 4 (no. 221): 225-233. [details]
original description (of Xanthichthys gotonis Tanaka, 1918) Tanaka, S. (1918). Figures and descriptions of the fishes of Japan including Riukiu Islands, Bonin Islands, Formosa, Kurile Islands, Korea, and southern Sakhalin. <em>Tokyo.</em> v. 27: 475-494, Pls. 131-135. [In Japanese and English.]. [details]
original description (of Xanthichthys purus Tanaka, 1918) Tanaka, S. (1918). Figures and descriptions of the fishes of Japan including Riukiu Islands, Bonin Islands, Formosa, Kurile Islands, Korea, and southern Sakhalin. <em>Tokyo.</em> v. 27: 475-494, Pls. 131-135. [In Japanese and English.]. [details]
original description (of Xanthichthys gotonis Tanaka, 1918) Tanaka, S. (1918). Figures and descriptions of the fishes of Japan including Riukiu Islands, Bonin Islands, Formosa, Kurile Islands, Korea, and southern Sakhalin. <em>Tokyo.</em> v. 27: 475-494, Pls. 131-135. [In Japanese and English.]. [details]
original description (of Xanthichthys purus Tanaka, 1918) Tanaka, S. (1918). Figures and descriptions of the fishes of Japan including Riukiu Islands, Bonin Islands, Formosa, Kurile Islands, Korea, and southern Sakhalin. <em>Tokyo.</em> v. 27: 475-494, Pls. 131-135. [In Japanese and English.]. [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
Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Habitat Known from seamounts and knolls [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | redtail triggerfish | [details] |
| Japanese | ナメモンガラ | [details] |
| Spanish | cochito cuadriculado | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (6 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Xanthichthys gotonis Tanaka, 1918)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (10 publications) (from synonym Balistes mento Jordan & Gilbert, 1882)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (15 publications)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Balistes mento Jordan & Gilbert, 1882)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Xanthichthys mento)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Balistes mento Jordan & Gilbert, 1882)
To FishBase (from synonym Xanthichthys purus Tanaka, 1918)
To FishBase (from synonym Xanthichthys surcatus de Buen, 1963)
To FishBase (from synonym Xanthichthys gotonis Tanaka, 1918)
To FishBase images (Xanthichthys mento, Revillagigedo A., by Cox, C.D.)
To GenBank (18 nucleotides; 22 proteins)
To GenBank (18 nucleotides; 22 proteins) (from synonym Balistes mento Jordan & Gilbert, 1882)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Xanthichthys mento FIN026777 Slide 120 mm)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Xanthichthys mento P04345 illustration)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Xanthichthys gotonis Tanaka, 1918)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (10 publications) (from synonym Balistes mento Jordan & Gilbert, 1882)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (15 publications)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Balistes mento Jordan & Gilbert, 1882)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Xanthichthys mento)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Balistes mento Jordan & Gilbert, 1882)
To FishBase (from synonym Xanthichthys purus Tanaka, 1918)
To FishBase (from synonym Xanthichthys surcatus de Buen, 1963)
To FishBase (from synonym Xanthichthys gotonis Tanaka, 1918)
To FishBase images (Xanthichthys mento, Revillagigedo A., by Cox, C.D.)
To GenBank (18 nucleotides; 22 proteins)
To GenBank (18 nucleotides; 22 proteins) (from synonym Balistes mento Jordan & Gilbert, 1882)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Xanthichthys mento FIN026777 Slide 120 mm)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Xanthichthys mento P04345 illustration)
To ITIS
