Author: Linnaeus, 1766

Stephanolepis hispidus Linnaeus, 1766

Diagnosis: dorsal finrays I + 27-35; anal finrays 26-35. Colour: greenish, olive or brown, uniform or variegated, sometimes with dark blotches or series of dashes; caudal with 2 dark bands, not always evident. Size: about 17 cm.

Distribution: Madeira. Elsewhere, both sides of the Atlantic (from Madeira to Angola and from New England to Brazil).

Eggs, larvae and young stages. Berry & Vogele, 1961: 71, fig. 16-17, 31-33.
Otoliths (sagitta). No data.

Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Subphylum Vertebrata
Superclass Gnathostomata
Class Osteichthyes
Order Tetraodontiformes
Suborder Balistoidei
Family Monacanthidae
Genus Stephanolepis
Species Stephanolepis hispidus

Status in World Register of Marine Species

Accepted name: Stephanolepis hispidus (Linnaeus, 1766)

Scientific synonyms and common names

Stephanolepis hispidus Linnaeus, 1766

Synonyms:

Balistes hispidus Linnaeus, 1766, Syst. Nat., ed. XII: 405 ('Carolina').
Monacanthus auriga Lowe, 1850, Proc. zool. Soc. London: 253 (Madeira).
Stephanolepis hispidus: Fowler, 1905: 358, Pl. 75 Fraser & Brunner, 1940: 534 Bauchot, 1966: 37, fig 7-8
Monacanthus hispidus: Fowler, 1936, 2: 1095, fig. 459 Bigelow & Schroeder, 1953: 522, fig. 276.

Common names:

none.

Bauchot, M.-L. 1966a. Poissons marins de l'Est Atlantique Tropical. Téléostéens Perciformes. II. Percoidei (3e partie). III. Acanthuroidei. IV. Balistoidei. Atlantide Rep., (9): 7-43, 8 fig., 5 pl.

Berry, F. H.; Vogele, L. E. 1961. Filefishes (Monacanthidae) of the Western North Atlantic. Fishery Bull. Fish. Wildl. Serv. U.S., 181: 61-109, 42 fig.

Bigelow, H. B.; Schroeder, W. C. 1953b. Fishes of the Gulf of Maine, Fishery Bull Fish WildL Serv. U.S., 53: 1-577, fig. 1-288.

Fowler, H. W. 1906. The Fishes of New Jersey. Ann. Rept. New Jersey State Mus., Trenton, 1905 [1906]: 35-477, pl.

Fowler, H. W. 1936. The Marine Fishes of West Africa, based on the collection of the American Museum Congo Expedition 1909-1915. Bull. am. Mus. nat. Hist., 70 (1), Jan. 21, 1936: pp. vii+1-606, fig. 1-275; (2), Nov. 18, 1936: pp. 607-1493, fig. 276-567.

Fraser-Brunner, A. 1940. Notes on the Plectognath Fishes. III. On Monacanthus setifer, etc. Ann. Mag. nat. Hist., (11)5: pp. 518-535, 7 fig.

Linnaeus, C. 1766. Systema Naturae. Editio duodecima, reformata. Nantes & Pisces: pp. 394-532.

Lowe, R. T. 1852a. An account of fishes discovered or observed in Madeira since the year 1842. Proc. zool. Soc. Lond, 18: 247-253.

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