WoRMS name details
Genicanthus melanospilus (Bleeker, 1857)
211796 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:211796)
unaccepted (misspelling)
Species
Genicanthus zebra (Lienard) Sauvage, 1891 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Holacanthus melanospilos Bleeker, 1857) Bleeker, P. (1857). Achtste bijdrage tot de kennis der vischfauna van Amboina. <em>Acta Societatis Regiae Scientiarum Indo-Neêrlandicae.</em> v. 2 (art. 7): 1-102. [details]
WoRMS (2026). Genicanthus melanospilus (Bleeker, 1857). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=211796 on 2026-08-16
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Holacanthus melanospilos Bleeker, 1857) Bleeker, P. (1857). Achtste bijdrage tot de kennis der vischfauna van Amboina. <em>Acta Societatis Regiae Scientiarum Indo-Neêrlandicae.</em> v. 2 (art. 7): 1-102. [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., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00222935508655653 [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., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00222935508655653 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
