flavimarginatus, Balistes Rüppell [W. P. E. S.] 1829:33 [Atlas zu der Reise im nördlichen Africa. Fische des Rothen Meeres; ref. 3843] Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, Red Sea. Holotype: SMF 2933 (dry). Non-types: SMF 4434 (1, skeleton). •Valid as Pseudobalistes flavimarginatus (Rüppell 1829) -- (Kyushin et al. 1982:294 [ref. 19754], Dor 1984:276 [ref. 29757], Matsuura in Masuda et al. 1984:358 [ref. 6441], Smith & Heemstra 1986:880 [ref. 5714], Randall et al. 1990:454 [ref. 15987], Kuiter 1993:394 [ref. 23929], Mishra 1994:187 [ref. 24012], Goren & Dor 1994:73 [ref. 25356], Mohsin & Ambak 1996:611 [ref. 27969], Allen 1997:240 [ref. 23977], Kuiter 1997:392 [ref. 25488], Randall et al. 1997:454 [ref. 25919], Myers 1999:282 [ref. 23965], Fricke 1999:581 [ref. 24106], Matsuura in Randall & Lim 2000:647 [ref. 25122], Nakabo 2000:1397 [ref. 25182], Allen 2000:124 [ref. 25868], Matsuura & Peristiwady in Matsuura & Peristiwady 2000:317 [ref. 27511] dated 1828, Sakai et al. 2001:123 [ref. 25693], Hutchins 2001:47 [ref. 25847], Matsuura 2001:3922 [ref. 26315] dated 1828, Nakabo 2002:1397 [ref. 26193], Choi et al. 2003:447, 691 [ref. 26218], Allen & Adrim 2003:64 [ref. 26830], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S123 [ref. 27377], Myers & Donaldson 2003:649 [ref. 27495], Matsuura et al. in Kimura & Matsuura 2003:220 [ref. 27510] dated 1828, Randall et al. 2004:31 [ref. 27624], Randall 2005:624 [ref. 28239], Allen et al. 2006:1873 [ref. 29098], Fricke et al. 2009:116 [ref. 30213], Matsuura 2009:327 [ref. 31171], Motomura et al. 2010:233 [ref. 31256], Fricke et al. 2013:272 [ref. 32706], Larson et al. 2013:232 [ref. 32988], Fricke et al. 2014:193 [ref. 33932], Matsuura 2014:7 [ref. 33576], Sahayak et al. 2014:23 [ref. 37751], Koeda et al. 2016:111 [ref. 35333], Motomura et al. 2017:231 [ref. 35490], Fricke et al. 2018:378 [ref. 35805], Golani & Fricke 2018:177 [ref. 36273], Fricke et al. 2019:323 [ref. 36673], Zajonz et al. 2019:101 [ref. 36871], Habib & Islam 2020:Supplementary table p. 30 [ref. 38321], Psomadakis et al. 2020:608 [ref. 37272], Sonoyama et al. 2020:127 [ref. 37637], Parenti 2021:655 [ref. 38921], Matsuura 2022:422 [ref. 40250]). Current status: Valid as Pseudobalistes flavimarginatus (Rüppell 1829). Balistidae. Distribution: Red Sea; Indo-West Pacific: KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa), East Africa, Socotra (Yemen), Comoros, Mozambique Channel, Madagascar and western Mascarenes (La Réunion, Mauritius) east to Marshall Islands and Tuamotu Archipelago (French Polynesia), north to central Japan and Ogasawara Islands (Japan), south to Great Barrier Reef (Queensland, Australia) and New Caledonia. Habitat: brackish, marine.
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