Rhinecanthus abyssus | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Tetraodontiformes |
Family: | Balistidae |
Genus: | Rhinecanthus |
Species: | R. abyssus
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Binomial name | |
Rhinecanthus abyssus Matsuura & Shobara, 1989
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Rhinecanthus abyssus is a species of triggerfish found in the West Pacific Ocean, where known from Sulawesi in Indonesian and around the Ryukyu Islands of Japan.[2][3] It is found at depths ranging from 120–150 m (390–490 ft).[4] It is the most recently described of 7 species in the genus Rhinecanthus.[4]
Little is known about the behavior of this species presently.[4][3]