Scientific Name	Melichthys vidua   Pronounce			by: Lab of Fish Ecol. and Evo., BRCAS
Author	(Richardson, 1845)	Depth	4 - 50M
Chinese	黑邊角鱗魨	Poisonous Fish	No
Family_Chinese	鱗魨科	Economic Fish	Yes
Family	F505　Balistidae	Edible Fish	Yes	Chinese In Mainland China	黑邊角鱗魨
Max Length	40 cm	Aquarium Fish	Yes	Common Name	粉紅尾砲彈、角板機魨、剝皮竹(臺東)、包仔(澎湖)、紅尾砲彈(澎湖)
Distribution in World	India Ocean to Pacific Ocean	Distribution in Taiwan	East、South、ShaoLiuChew、LanI Is.、Greeb IS.、Tung Sa IS.、Nan Sa IS.
Habitats	Coral、Coastal	Holotype Locality	Polynesia
Synonyms	Balistes erythropterus, Balistes vidua, Balistes vidua kamoharai, Melichthys nycteris, Melichthys vidula, Oncobalistes erythropterus, Pachynathus nycteris
Reference	臺灣魚類誌(沈等, 1993)；Fishes of Japan(Nakabo, 2002)；中國動物誌-魨形目(蘇等, 2002)  Randall, J. E. 1971 沈世傑 編 Shih-Chieh Shen ed. 1993 Nakabo T. 2002 Nakabo T. 2002 蘇錦祥, 李春生 編著 2002
Specimen List	ASIZP0055385. ASIZP0058373. ASIZP0058946. ASIZP0059256. ASIZP0060635. ASIZP0061741. ASIZP0063481. ASIZP0063486. ASIZP0066478. ASIZP0801413. ASIZP0900124. ASIZP0911413. FRIP00115. FRIP00117. FRIP20197. FRIP20221. FRIP20333. FRIP21105. NMMBP00677. NMMBP03133. NMMSTP00098. NTOU-AE6154. NTUM02631. NTUM02632. NTUM02633. NTUM02634. NTUM02635. NTUM02636. NTUM02637. NTUM02638. NTUM02639. NTUM07142. NTUM08019. NTUM08179. NTUM08486. USNM00195302. ...List all 36 records...
Barcode	2012-01-08,柯慧玲,CO1,100%
Common Name	Pinktail triggerfish; Pink-tail trigger; White tailed triggerfish
Redlist Status	Not in IUCN Redlist
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