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Aspidontus taeniatus Quoy & Gaimard, 1834

Brian Greene Wednesday, July 27, 2005 Water Tower [Kiribati (Country)]

Brian Greene Wednesday, July 27, 2005 Water Tower [Kiribati (Country)]

Richard L. Pyle Tuesday, February 21, 2017 Tutuila Island [United States of America]
Quoy & Gaimard 1834 described taeniatus on page 719 in their 1834 book section, "Poissons", originally placing the species in the genus Aspidontus Cuvier in Quoy & Gaimard, 1834.

Other Authors using this species concept:

• In Eschmeyer, William N. 2004 Electronic Source The Catalog of Fishes Online as Aspidontus taeniatus
• Page 719 Pl. 19 (fig. 4) In Quoy, Jean R. C. & Joseph P. Gaimard. 1834 Book Section Poissons 645-720, Pl. 1-4, 7, 10-12,1 4, 15, 19, 20 as Aspidontus taeniatus
• Page 217,218,143B,C,301 In Myers, Robert F. 1999 Book Micronesian reef fishes: a comprehensive guide to the coral reef fishes of Micronesia i-vi, 1-330, pls. 1-192 as Aspidontus taeniatus
• Page 18 In Randall, John E. & John L. Earle. 2000 Journal Article Annotated checklist of the shore fishes of the Marquesas Islands 1-39 as Aspidontus taeniatus
• Page 52 In Randall, John E., Hitoshi Ida, Kenji Kato, Richard L. Pyle & John L. Earle. 1997 Journal Article Annotated checklist of the inshore fishes of the Ogasawara Islands 1-74, pls. 1-19 (color) as Aspidontus taeniatus

Taxonomy Kingdom Animalia  Superphylum Deuterostomia   Phylum Chordata    Subphylum Craniata     Superclass Gnathostomata      Class Actinopterygii       Order Perciformes        Suborder Blennioidei         Family Blenniidae          Genus Aspidontus           Species taeniatus

Locations

Evidence 6 VideoRecordings 9 References 5-9m

Associated Organisms

Taxa	Identified As	Location	Evidence Type	Event Date	Observers/Collectors	Determiners	Min Depth	Max Depth
Aspidontus taeniatus Quoy & Gaimard, 1834	Aspidontus taeniatus	Water Tower	Video Recording	07/26/2005	Brian Greene	Robert K. Whitton	5m	5m
Aspidontus taeniatus Quoy & Gaimard, 1834	Aspidontus taeniatus	Water Tower	Video Recording	07/26/2005	Brian Greene	Robert K. Whitton	5m	5m
Aspidontus taeniatus Quoy & Gaimard, 1834	Aspidontus taeniatus	Fais	Video Recording	04/15/2007	John L. Earle	John L. Earle	6m	6m
Aspidontus taeniatus Quoy & Gaimard, 1834	Aspidontus taeniatus	Banta Island	Video Recording	04/21/2006	John L. Earle	John L. Earle	9m	9m
Aspidontus taeniatus Quoy & Gaimard, 1834	Aspidontus taeniatus	Marquesas Islands	Reference	12/31/1985	Page(s)		m	m
Aspidontus taeniatus Quoy & Gaimard, 1834	Aspidontus taeniatus	Marquesas Islands	Reference	12/31/2007	Page(s)		m	m
Aspidontus taeniatus Quoy & Gaimard, 1834	Aspidontus taeniatus	Marquesas Islands	Reference	12/31/2000	Page(s)		m	m
Aspidontus taeniatus Quoy & Gaimard, 1834	Aspidontus taeniatus	Society Islands	Reference	12/31/1985	Page(s)		m	m
Aspidontus taeniatus Quoy & Gaimard, 1834	Aspidontus taeniatus	Society Islands	Reference	12/31/2007	Page(s)		m	m
Aspidontus taeniatus Quoy & Gaimard, 1834	Aspidontus taeniatus	Tuamotu Islands	Reference	12/31/1985	Page(s)		m	m
Aspidontus taeniatus Quoy & Gaimard, 1834	Aspidontus taeniatus	Tuamotu Islands	Reference	12/31/2007	Page(s)		m	m
Aspidontus taeniatus Quoy & Gaimard, 1834	Aspidontus taeniatus	Gambier Islands	Reference	12/31/2007	Page(s)		m	m
Aspidontus taeniatus Quoy & Gaimard, 1834	Aspidontus taeniatus Quoy & Gaimard, 1834	Bonin Islands (Ogasawara-shoto)	Reference	12/31/1997	Randall, Ida, Kato, Pyle & Earle 1997 Page(s) 52	Annotated checklist of the inshore fishes of the Ogasawara Islands National Science Museum Tokyo, National Science Museum Monographs(11): 1-74, pls. 1-19 (color).	m	m
Aspidontus taeniatus Quoy & Gaimard, 1834	Aspidontus taeniatus Quoy & Gaimard, 1834	Tutuila Island	Video Recording	02/21/2017	Richard L. Pyle	Richard L. Pyle	8m	8m
Aspidontus taeniatus Quoy & Gaimard, 1834	Aspidontus taeniatus Quoy & Gaimard, 1834	Tutuila Island	Video Recording	02/21/2017	Richard L. Pyle	Richard L. Pyle	8m	8m

Names linked to the original usage
Aspidontus taeniatus Quoy & Gaimard, 1834 Species
Aspidontus paradiseus (Bleeker, 1854) Species
Petroskirtes paradiseus Bleeker, 1854 Species
Aspidontus rostratus (Valenciennes ex Solander & Bleeker in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1836) Species
Petroscirtes rostratus Valenciennes ex Solander & Bleeker in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1836 Species
Aspidontus filamentosus (Valenciennes in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1836) Species
Blennechis filamentosus Valenciennes in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1836 Species
Aspidontus azureus (Jordan & Seale, 1906) Species
Petroscirtes azureus Jordan & Seale, 1906 Species