Melichthys niger (black durgon) (San Salvador Island, Bahamas) 8 (15984950967)
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Description: Melichthys niger Bloch, 1786 - black durgon over shallow subtidal, symmetrically-rippled, biogenic aragonitic sandy seafloor near a patch reef. Classification: Animalia, Chordata, Vertebrata, Actinopterygii, Tetraodontiformes, Balistidae Locality: Snapshot Reef, Fernandez Bay, offshore western San Salvador Island, eastern Bahamas. Date: 22 March 2011, 14:52. Source: Melichthys niger (black durgon) (San Salvador Island, Bahamas) 8. Author: James St. John.
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- Cellular (cellular organisms)
- Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
- Opisthokonta (opisthokonts)
- Metazoa (Animal)
- Bilateria
- Deuterostomia (deuterostomes)
- Chordata (Chordates)
- Vertebrata (vertebrates)
- Gnathostomata (jawed fish)
- Osteichthyes
- Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes)
- Neopterygii
- Teleostei
- Euteleostei
- Neoteleostei
- Acanthopterygii
- Tetraodontiformes ("Triggerfishes, boxfishes, puffers, molas and relatives")
- Balistoidei
- Balistidae (triggerfishes)
- Melichthys
- Melichthys niger (Black Durgeon)
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