Balistapus undulatus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Tetraodontiformes
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Kingdom: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii Infraclassis: Teleostei Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai Supercohors: Clupeocephala Cohors: Euteleosteomorpha Subcohors: Neoteleostei Infracohors: Eurypterygia Sectio: Ctenosquamata Subsectio: Acanthomorphata Divisio/Superordo: Acanthopterygii Subdivisio: Percomorphaceae Series: Eupercaria Ordo: Tetraodontiformes

Familia: Balistidae
Genus: Balistapus
Species:

Balistapus undulatus (Park, 1797)

Type locality: Habitat in Sumatræ littore [Bengkulu Province, Sumatra, Indonesia, eastern Indian Ocean].

Holotype: BMNH 1863.11.12.1 (dry, left half skin). Type catalog: Wheeler 1974:476.

Park, M. 1797. Descriptions of eight new fishes from Sumatra. Transactions of the Linnean Society of London 3: 33–38, Pl. [6]. DOI: 10.1111/j.1096-3642.1797.tb00553.x BHL Reference page.
Wheeler, A.C. 1974. Mungo Park's contribution to the ichthyology of the East Indies. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of India v. 14 (no. 2) (1972): 468–479. Reference page.

Balistes undulatus in Catalog of Fishes, Eschmeyer, W.N., Fricke, R. & van der Laan, R. (eds.) 2025. Catalog of Fishes electronic version, accessed on February 19, 2023.