WoRMS taxon details
Pygoplites Fraser-Brunner, 1933
204302 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:204302)
accepted
Genus
- Species Pygoplites diacanthus (Boddaert, 1772)
- Species Pygoplites boddaerti Gmelin, 1789 accepted as Pygoplites diacanthus (Boddaert, 1772)
- Species Pygoplites dux Gmelin, 1789 accepted as Pygoplites diacanthus (Boddaert, 1772)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Not documented
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Pygoplites Fraser-Brunner, 1933. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=204302 on 2026-08-03
Date
action
by
2006-09-28 06:51:36Z
changed
Martinez, Olga
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Nomenclature
basis of record
Smith, J. L. B. (1955). The Fishes of the Family Pomacanthidae in the Western Indian Ocean. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 12).</em> 8 (89) (art. 46): 377-384, Pls. 4-5., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00222935508655653 [details]
Taxonomy
taxonomy source
Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2026). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. <em>California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco.</em> Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2026., available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details]
Other
additional source
Neave, S.A. (1939 - 1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus. vol. 1-10 Online., available online at https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/126539/about [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Japanese | ニシキヤッコ属 | [details] |
