Rhinecanthus abyssus

{{Short description|Species of fish}}

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| status = DD

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=Matsuura, K. |date=2022 |title=Rhinecanthus abyssus |volume=2022 |page=e.T193797A2278703|doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2022-2.RLTS.T193797A2278703.en |access-date=9 February 2023}}

| taxon = Rhinecanthus abyssus

| authority = Matsuura & Shobara, 1989

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Rhinecanthus abyssus is a species of triggerfish found in the West Pacific Ocean, where known from Sulawesi in Indonesian and around the Ryukyu Islands of Japan.[http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=277181 Marinespecies.org]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 {{convert|120|-|150|m|abbr=on}}.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 genus Rhinecanthus.