Canthigaster jamestyleri
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Tetraodontiformes
Family: Tetraodontidae
Genus: Canthigaster
Species:
C. jamestyleri
Binomial name
Canthigaster jamestyleri
R. L. Moura & R. M. C. Castro, 2002

Canthigaster jamestyleri, known as the goldface toby, is a species of marine fish in the family Tetraodontidae. It was first isolated from the southeast coast of the US, in the Atlantic Ocean.[2]

Etymology

It is named in honor of ichthyologist James C. Tyler (b. 1935), for his help and advice to the authors, also for his numerous contributions to the study of the systematics of the plectognath fishes.[3]

Description

C. jamestyleri can measure up to 8.5 centimetres (3.3 in), counting with 9 soft rays and anal soft rays. It shows no dark dorsal and ventral margins on its caudal fin but does show a small dark spot on the base of its dorsal fin. It also counts with bars on the caudal fin, as well as diagonal lines on the snout, and two dark stripes on the sides of its body.[2]

Distribution

The species is deep reef-associated, with a depth range between 90 and 100 metres (300 and 330 ft). It is found in the Western Atlantic, particularly on the southeast coast of the US and the Gulf of Mexico.[2]

References

  1. ↑ Shao, K.; Liu, M.; Jing, L.; Harwell, H.; Leis, J.L.; Matsuura, K. (2014). "Canthigaster jamestyleri". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2014: e.T193725A2267201. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-3.RLTS.T193725A2267201.en. Retrieved 5 August 2023.
  2. 1 2 3 MOURA, Rodrigo L., and Ricardo CASTRO. "Revision of Atlantic sharpnose pufferfishes (Tetraodontiformes: Tetraodontidae: Canthigaster), with description of three new species." Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington115.1 (2002): 32-50.
  3. ↑ Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (22 September 2018). "Order TETRAODONTIFORMES: Families TRIODONTIDAE, TRIACANTHIDAE, TRIACANTHODIDAE, DIODONTIDAE and TETRAODONTIDAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 26 January 2022.

Further reading

  • Quattrini, Andrea M., et al. "Marine fishes new to continental United States waters, North Carolina, and the Gulf of Mexico." Southeastern Naturalist 3.1 (2004): 155–172.
  • Weaver, Douglas C., David F. Naar, and Brian T. Donahue. "Deepwater reef fishes and multibeam bathymetry of the Tortugas South Ecological Reserve, Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary, Florida." Emerging technologies for reef fisheries research and management. NOAA Professional Paper NMFS (5). NOAA, Seattle, WA (2006): 48–68.
  • Hicks, David, and Carlos Cintra-Buenrostro. "ANNUAL PROGRESS REPORT FOR TEXAS CLIPPER REEF BIOLOGICAL MONITORING AND EVALUATION PROGRAM-YEAR."
  • Schwartz, Frank J. "Additional Fishes Inhabiting North Carolina's Estuarine and Marine Ocean Waters to 2,000+ m Depths." Journal of North Carolina Academy of Science 128.2 (2012): 33–38.

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