''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''.

Behavior

Little is known about the behavior of this species presently.

References

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