Melichthys niger (black durgon) (San Salvador Island, Bahamas) 1 (16170750365)

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Description: Melichthys niger Bloch, 1786 - black durgon over a patch reef. (photo taken by Scott Bair) Purplish seafan = Gorgonia ventalina (Animalia, Cnidaria, Anthozoa, Octocorallia, Gorgonacea, Gorgoniidae) Classification of fish: Animalia, Chordata, Vertebrata, Actinopterygii, Tetraodontiformes, Balistidae Locality: patch reef just offshore from San Salvador Island, eastern Bahamas. Date: 25 March 2009, 13:54. Source: Melichthys niger (black durgon) (San Salvador Island, Bahamas) 1. Author: James St. John.
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- Eukaryota
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- Metazoa (animals)
- Bilateria (bilaterians)
- Deuterostomia (deuterostomes)
- Chordata (Chordates)
- Vertebrata (vertebrates)
- Gnathostomata (jawed fish)
- Osteichthyes
- Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes)
- Neopterygii
- Teleostei
- Euteleostei
- Neoteleostei
- Acanthopterygii
- Tetraodontiformes
- Balistoidei
- Balistidae
- Melichthys
- Melichthys niger (Black Durgeon)
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