WoRMS taxon details
Choerodon Bleeker, 1847
204382 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:204382)
accepted
Genus
Chaerodon Bleeker, 1847 · unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling
Chaerops Rüppell, 1852 · unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling (of a synonym)
Choerodonoides Kamohara, 1958 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Choerops Rüppell, 1852 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Hypsigenys Günther, 1861 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Lienardella Fowler & Bean, 1928 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Paeolopesia Smith, 1949 · unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling (of a synonym)
Peaolopesia Smith, 1949 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Torresia Castelnau, 1875 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Xiphocheilos Bleeker, 1857 · unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect original spelling (of a synonym)
Xiphocheilus Bleeker, 1857 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Xiphochilus Bleeker, 1857 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
- Species Choerodon anchorago (Bloch, 1791)
- Species Choerodon aurulentus Gomon, 2017
- Species Choerodon azurio (Jordan & Snyder, 1901)
- Species Choerodon cauteroma Gomon & Allen, 1987
- Species Choerodon cephalotes (Castelnau, 1875)
- Species Choerodon cyanodus (Richardson, 1843)
- Species Choerodon cypselurus Gomon, 2017
- Species Choerodon fasciatus (Günther, 1867)
- Species Choerodon frenatus Ogilby, 1910
- Species Choerodon gomoni Allen & Randall, 2002
- Species Choerodon graphicus (De Vis, 1885)
- Species Choerodon gymnogenys (Günther, 1867)
- Species Choerodon japonicus (Kamohara, 1958)
- Species Choerodon jordani (Snyder, 1908)
- Species Choerodon margaritiferus Fowler & Bean, 1928
- Species Choerodon monostigma Ogilby, 1910
- Species Choerodon oligacanthus (Bleeker, 1851)
- Species Choerodon paynei Whitley, 1945
- Species Choerodon robustus (Günther, 1862)
- Species Choerodon rubescens (Günther, 1862)
- Species Choerodon schoenleinii (Valenciennes, 1839)
- Species Choerodon skaiopygmaeus Gomon, 2017
- Species Choerodon sugillatum Gomon, 1987
- Species Choerodon typus (Bleeker, 1856)
- Species Choerodon venustus (De Vis, 1884)
- Species Choerodon vitta Ogilby, 1910
- Species Choerodon zamboangae (Seale & Bean, 1907)
- Species Choerodon zosterophorus (Bleeker, 1868)
- Species Choerodon albigena (De Vis, 1885) accepted as Choerodon cyanodus (Richardson, 1843)
- Species Choerodon albofasciatus Gomon, 2017 accepted as Choerodon japonicus (Kamohara, 1958)
- Species Choerodon ambiguus Ogilby, 1910 accepted as Choerodon venustus (De Vis, 1884)
- Species Choerodon azuris (Jordan & Snyder, 1901) accepted as Choerodon azurio (Jordan & Snyder, 1901) (misspelling)
- Species Choerodon balerensis Herre, 1950 accepted as Choerodon fasciatus (Günther, 1867)
- Species Choerodon cyanostolus (Richardson, 1846) accepted as Choerodon schoenleinii (Valenciennes, 1839)
- Species Choerodon melanostigma Fowler & Bean, 1928 accepted as Choerodon zamboangae (Seale & Bean, 1907) (unaccepted > junior objective synonym)
- Species Choerodon oligocanthus (Bleeker, 1851) accepted as Choerodon oligacanthus (Bleeker, 1851) (misspelling)
- Species Choerodon palawanensis (Seale, 1910) accepted as Choerodon oligacanthus (Bleeker, 1851)
- Species Choerodon pescadoresis Yu, 1968 accepted as Choerodon robustus (Günther, 1862)
- Species Choerodon quadrifasciatus Yu, 1968 accepted as Choerodon schoenleinii (Valenciennes, 1839)
- Species Choerodon rubidus Scott, 1959 accepted as Choerodon schoenleinii (Valenciennes, 1839)
- Species Choerodon schoenleini (Valenciennes, 1839) accepted as Choerodon schoenleinii (Valenciennes, 1839) (misspelling)
- Species Choerodon shoenleinii (Valenciennes, 1839) accepted as Choerodon schoenleinii (Valenciennes, 1839) (misspelling)
- Species Choerodon transversalis Whitley, 1956 accepted as Choerodon graphicus (De Vis, 1885)
- Species Choerodon weberi Ogilby, 1911 accepted as Choerodon anchorago (Bloch, 1791)
- Species Choerodon zosterphorus (Bleeker, 1868) accepted as Choerodon zosterophorus (Bleeker, 1868) (misspelling)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Not documented
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Choerodon Bleeker, 1847. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=204382 on 2026-01-24
Date
action
by
2006-09-07 06:51:43Z
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Martinez, Olga
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Torresia Castelnau, 1875) Castelnau, F. L. (1875). Researches on the fishes of Australia.Official Record, containing Introduction, Catalogues, Official Awards of the Commissioners, Report and Recommendations of the Experts, and Essays and Statistics on the Social and Economic Resources of the Colony of Victoria. <em>Intercolonial Exhibition Essays.</em> Part VII (II): 1-52. [details]
basis of record Neave, Sheffield Airey. (1939-1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus vol. 1-10 Online. <em>[Online Nomenclator Zoologicus at Checklistbank. Ubio link has gone].</em> , available online at https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/126539/about [details]
basis of record Neave, Sheffield Airey. (1939-1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus vol. 1-10 Online. <em>[Online Nomenclator Zoologicus at Checklistbank. Ubio link has gone].</em> , available online at https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/126539/about [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
Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Japanese | イラ属 | [details] |
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To Catalog of Fishes
To Catalog of Fishes (from synonym Xiphocheilus Bleeker, 1857)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Choerodon)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Xiphocheilus) (from synonym Xiphocheilus Bleeker, 1857)
To Genbank (from synonym Xiphocheilus Bleeker, 1857)
To Genbank
To ITIS
To Catalog of Fishes
To Catalog of Fishes (from synonym Xiphocheilus Bleeker, 1857)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Choerodon)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Xiphocheilus) (from synonym Xiphocheilus Bleeker, 1857)
To Genbank (from synonym Xiphocheilus Bleeker, 1857)
To Genbank
To ITIS
