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Balistes ringens Osbeck, 1765
Synonym for Melichthys niger Osbeck, 1765
Check Catalog of Fishes: Genus: Balistes; Species: ringens; Original reference
  Current accepted name :   
No
  Status details:   
other, original combination
  Status ref. :   
  Comment :   
Not of Linnaeus, 1758. Complex case, see the account for the genus Melichthys in Eschmeyer (CofF ver. Jul. 2009: Ref. 81932).
  Etymology of Generic name : 
  
Latin, balista, -ae = crossbowman. In Greek, ballo = to throw (Ref. 45335).
Etymology of specific name : 
  
  Status in Catalogue of Life:   
Synonym
 
ITIS TSN : None | Catalogue of Life (synonym) | ZooBank Record | WoRMS | References using this synonym
 


  Check Catalog of Fishes: Genus: Balistes; Species: ringens; Original reference
  Current accepted name :  
No
  Status details :  
other, original combination
  Status ref. :   
  Comment :   
Not of Linnaeus, 1758. Complex case, see the account for the genus Melichthys in Eschmeyer (CofF ver. Jul. 2009: Ref. 81932).
  Status in Catalogue of Life:   
Synonym
 
ITIS TSN : None | Catalogue of Life | Zoological Record | References using this synonym

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