Scientific Name	Rhinecanthus aculeatus   Pronounce			by: Lab of Fish Ecol. and Evo., BRCAS
Author	(Linnaeus, 1758)	Depth	2 - 60M
Chinese	尖吻棘魨	Poisonous Fish	No
Family_Chinese	鱗魨科	Economic Fish	Yes
Family	F505　Balistidae	Edible Fish	Yes	Chinese In Mainland China	叉斑銼鱗魨
Max Length	30 cm	Aquarium Fish	Yes	Common Name	黑紋砲彈、尖板機魨、包仔(澎湖)、狄婆(澎湖)
Distribution in World	India Ocean to Pacific Ocean	Distribution in Taiwan	East、South、North、North East、ShaoLiuChew、LanI Is.、Greeb IS.、Tung Sa IS.、Nan Sa IS.
Habitats	Coral、Coastal、Lagoon	Holotype Locality	India
Synonyms	Balistapus aculeatus, Balistes aculeatus, Balistes heteracanthus, Balistes ornatissimus, Monacanthus cheverti, Rhineacanthus aculeatus, Rhinecanthus aculeatus aculeatus
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)  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	ASIZP0054088. ASIZP0054355. ASIZP0056882. ASIZP0058479. FRIP00114. FRIP20201. NMMSTP00442. NTOU-AE6013. NTUM02672. NTUM02673. NTUM02674. NTUM02675. NTUM02676. NTUM08181.
Common Name	Picassofish; Prickly triggerfish; Picasso triggerfish; Picasso; Painted trigger; White-barred triggerfish; Whitebanded triggerfish; Whitebarred triggerfish; White-banded triggerfish; Blackbar triggerfish; Lagoon humu; Lagoon triggerfish
Redlist Status	Not in IUCN Redlist
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