| Citation | Matsuura, K., 2001, Balistidae. Triggerfishes.. p. 3911-3928. In K.E. Carpenter and V. Niem (eds.) FAO species identification guide for fishery purposes. The living marine resources of the Western Central Pacific. Vol. 6. Bony fishes part 4 (Labridae to Latimeriidae), estuarine crocodiles. FAO, Rome. |
| Ref. | 9770 Matsuura, K., 2001 |
| Page | 3924 |
| Named Used as Valid | Melichthys vidua |
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| Locality | |
| Distribution | Tropical Indo-West Pacific, from East Africa through Indonesia to the Tuamotu Islands, north to southern Japan, south to the southern Great Barrier Reef (Australia and New Caledonia.. |
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