''Rhinecanthus abyssus'' is a species of

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found in the West Pacific Ocean, where known from

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in Indonesian and around the

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of Japan.Marinespecies.org
/ref>Matsuura, K., and Peristiwady, T. (2011). ''Second Record of the Rare Triggerfish, Rhinecanthus abyssus Matsuura and Shiobara, 1989 (Actinopterygii, Tetraodontiformes, Balisitdae) from Sulawesi, Indonesia.'' Bull. Natl. Mus. Nat. Sci., Ser. A, 37(4): 17-19. It is found at depths ranging from .Matsuura, K & Shiobara, Y. (1989). ''Japanese Journal of Ichthyology''. Vol. 36, No. 3 1989. It is the most recently described of 7 species in the

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Rhinecanthus ''Rhinecanthus'' is a triggerfish genus from the Indo-Pacific. They are found at reefs, and all except ''R. abyssus'' are restricted to relatively shallow depths. They are among the smallest members of the family, with no species surpassing in le ...

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Behavior

Little is known about the behavior of this species presently.

References

Taxa named by Keiichi Matsuura Fish described in 1989 Balistidae {{Tetraodontiformes-stub