WoRMS taxon details

Pygoplites diacanthus (Boddaert, 1772)

211773  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:211773)

accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Chaetodon diacanthus Boddaert, 1772) Boddaert, P. (1772). Van den Tweedornigen Klipfisch. De Chaetodonte diacantho descripto atque accuratissima icone illustrata. <em>M. Magérus, Amsterdam. De Chaetodonte diacantho descripto .</em> 1 pl.: 43 pp. [In Dutch and Latin.].
page(s): 1, Pl. [details]   
Description Occurs in areas with rich coral growth of clear lagoon and seaward reefs at depths of 3 to 48 m or more. Often found in the...  
Description Occurs in areas with rich coral growth of clear lagoon and seaward reefs at depths of 3 to 48 m or more. Often found in the vicinity of caves and feeds on sponges and tunicates. Solitary or in pairs. Rarely survives in the aquarium. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2024). FishBase. Pygoplites diacanthus (Boddaert, 1772). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=211773 on 2024-04-19
Date
action
by
1997-06-25 13:20:55Z
created
1998-06-18 06:08:16Z
changed
2008-01-15 17:27:08Z
changed

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original description  (of Pygoplites dux Gmelin, 1789) Gmelin, J. F. (1789). Caroli a Linné ... Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species; cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. <em>Editio decimo tertia, aucta, reformata. 3 vols. in 9 parts. Lipsiae,.</em> 1788-93. v. 1 (pt 3): 1033-1516 [Fishes on pp. 1126-1516].
page(s): 1255 [details]   

original description  (of Pygoplites boddaerti Gmelin, 1789) Gmelin, J. F. (1789). Caroli a Linné ... Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species; cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. <em>Editio decimo tertia, aucta, reformata. 3 vols. in 9 parts. Lipsiae,.</em> 1788-93. v. 1 (pt 3): 1033-1516 [Fishes on pp. 1126-1516].
page(s): 1243 [details]   

original description  (of Chaetodon diacanthus Boddaert, 1772) Boddaert, P. (1772). Van den Tweedornigen Klipfisch. De Chaetodonte diacantho descripto atque accuratissima icone illustrata. <em>M. Magérus, Amsterdam. De Chaetodonte diacantho descripto .</em> 1 pl.: 43 pp. [In Dutch and Latin.].
page(s): 1, Pl. [details]   

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. [details]   

additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS[details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 

additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2023). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (02/2023)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]   

ecology source Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details]  OpenAccess publication 
 
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

From regional or thematic species database
Introduced species vector dispersal Chinese Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) Pathway/vector Other (Ornamental Trade) [details]

From other sources
Description Occurs in areas with rich coral growth of clear lagoon and seaward reefs at depths of 3 to 48 m or more. Often found in the vicinity of caves and feeds on sponges and tunicates. Solitary or in pairs. Rarely survives in the aquarium. [details]
LanguageName 
English royal angelfishregal angelfish  [details]
Japanese ニシキヤッコ  [details]