WoRMS taxon details

Iniistius pavo (Valenciennes, 1840)

219004  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:219004)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Chordata (Phylum)
  4. Vertebrata (Subphylum)
  5. Gnathostomata (Infraphylum)
  6. Osteichthyes (Parvphylum)
  7. Actinopterygii (Gigaclass)
  8. Actinopteri (Superclass)
  9. Teleostei (Class)
  10. Eupercaria incertae sedis (Order)
  11. Labridae (Family)
  12. Xyrichtyinae (Subfamily)
  13. Iniistius (Genus)
  14. Iniistius pavo (Species)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Not documented
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Iniistius pavo (Valenciennes, 1840). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=219004 on 2026-01-13
Date
action
by
1997-07-05 08:48:11Z
created
Vanden Berghe, Edward
2008-01-15 17:27:08Z
changed
Bailly, Nicolas

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Nomenclature

original description (of Novacula nigra Steindachner, 1900) Steindachner, F. (1900). Fische aus dem Stillen Ocean. Ergebnisse einer Reise nach dem Pacific (Schauinsland, 1896-1897). <em>Anzeiger der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Wien, Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Classe.</em> v. 37 (no. 16) (for 21 June 1900): 174-178. [details] 

original description (of Novacula tetrazona Bleeker, 1858) Bleeker, P. (1858). Derde bijdrage tot de kennis der ichthyologische fauna van Bali. <em>Natuurkundig Tijdschrift voor Nederlandsch Indië.</em> v. 17 (no. 1): 141-175. [details] 

original description (of Xyrichthys pavoninus Valenciennes, 1840) Cuvier, G.; Valenciennes A. (1840). Histoire naturelle des poissons. <em>Tome quatorzième. Suite du livre seizième. Labroïdes. Livre dix-septième. Des Malacoptérygiens. Pitois-Levrault, Paris.</em> v. 14: i-xxii + 2 pp. + 1-464 + 4 pp., Pls. 389-420. [details] 

original description (of Xyrichthys pavo Valenciennes, 1840) Cuvier, G.; Valenciennes A. (1840). Histoire naturelle des poissons. <em>Tome quatorzième. Suite du livre seizième. Labroïdes. Livre dix-septième. Des Malacoptérygiens. Pitois-Levrault, Paris.</em> v. 14: i-xxii + 2 pp. + 1-464 + 4 pp., Pls. 389-420. [details] 

original description (of Novacula immaculata Valenciennes, 1840) Cuvier, G.; Valenciennes A. (1840). Histoire naturelle des poissons. <em>Tome quatorzième. Suite du livre seizième. Labroïdes. Livre dix-septième. Des Malacoptérygiens. Pitois-Levrault, Paris.</em> v. 14: i-xxii + 2 pp. + 1-464 + 4 pp., Pls. 389-420. [details] 

original description (of Novacula tessellata Valenciennes, 1840) Cuvier, G.; Valenciennes A. (1840). Histoire naturelle des poissons. <em>Tome quatorzième. Suite du livre seizième. Labroïdes. Livre dix-septième. Des Malacoptérygiens. Pitois-Levrault, Paris.</em> v. 14: i-xxii + 2 pp. + 1-464 + 4 pp., Pls. 389-420. [details] 

original description (of Iniistius mundicorpus Gill, 1862) Gill, T. N. (1862). Catalogue of the fishes of Lower California in the Smithsonian Institution, collected by Mr. J. Xantus. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> 14 (3-4): 140-151. [details] 

original description (of Iniistius cacatua Waite, 1901) Waite, E. R. (1901). Additions to the fish-fauna of Lord Howe Island. No. 2. <em>Records of the Australian Museum.</em> v. 4 (no. 1): 36-47, Pls. 5-8. [details] 

original description (of Iniistius leucozonus Jenkins, 1901) Jenkins, O. P. (1901). Descriptions of new species of fishes from the Hawaiian Islands belonging to the families of Labridae and Scaridae. <em>Bulletin of the U. S. Fish Commission.</em> v. 19 [1899]: 45-65. [details] 

original description (of Xyrichthys panamensis Fowler, 1944) Fowler, H. W. (1944). Results of the fifth George Vanderbilt expedition (1941) (Bahamas, Caribbean Sea, Panama, Galápagos Archipelago and Mexican Pacific islands). The Fishes. <em>Monographs of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> 6: 57-529, Pls. 1-20. [details] 

Taxonomy

source of synonymy Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details] 

Ecology

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

Other

context source (Introduced species) Katsanevakis, S.; Bogucarskis, K.; Gatto, F.; Vandekerkhove, J.; Deriu, I.; Cardoso A.S. (2012). Building the European Alien Species Information Network (EASIN): a novel approach for the exploration of distributed alien species data. <em>BioInvasions Records.</em> 1: 235-245., available online at http://easin.jrc.ec.europa.eu [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

context source (HKRMS) Hong Kong marine fish database. <em>AFCD.</em> , available online at https://www.hk-fish.net/en/fish/introduction/ [details] 

additional source Zenetos, A., M.E. Cinar, M.A. Pancucci-Papadopoulou, J.G. Harmelin, G. Furnari, F. Andaloro, N. Bellou, N. Streftaris & H. Zibrowius. (2005). Annotated list of marine alien species in the Mediterranean with records of the worst invasive species. <em>Mediterranean Marine Science.</em> 6 (2): 63-118., available online at https://www.researchgate.net/publication/273213810_Annotated_list_of_marine_alien_species_in_the_Mediterranean_with_records_of_the_worst_invasive_species [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

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 Zenetos, A., S. Gofas, M. Verlaque, M. Cinar, J. Garcia Raso, C. Bianchi, C. Morri, E. Azzurro, M. Bilecenoglu, C. Froglia, I. Siokou, D. Violanti, A. Sfriso, G. San Martin, A. Giangrande, T. Katagan, E. Ballesteros, A. Ramos-Espla, F. Mastrototaro, O. Ocana, A. Zingone, M,. Gambi & N. Streftaris. (2010). Alien species in the Mediterranean Sea by 2010. A contribution to the application of European Union's Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD). Part I. Spatial distribution. <em>Mediterranean Marine Science.</em> 11(2): 381-493., available online at https://doi.org/10.12681/mms.87 [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 in Greek part of the Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin (Marine Region) : Canals: natural range expansion through man-made canals [details]

Introduced species vector dispersal in Greek part of the Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin (Marine Region) : Individual release: deliberate release by individuals [details]
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LanguageName 
English peacock wrasse [from synonym]peacock razorfish  [details]
Japanese ホシテンスクロテンス [from synonym]  [details]
Spanish cuchillo pavo real  [details]
To Barcode of Life (32 barcodes) 
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Novacula nigra Steindachner, 1900)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Xirichthys pavo Valenciennes, 1840)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Inistius pavo (Valenciennes, 1840))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (10 publications) (from synonym Xyrichthys pavoninus Valenciennes, 1840)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (11 publications) (from synonym Iniistius mundicorpus Gill, 1862)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Novacula temporalis Regan, 1905)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Hemipteronotus pavoninus (Valenciennes, 1840))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Xyrichtys pavo Valenciennes, 1840)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (28 publications) (from synonym Xyrichthys pavo Valenciennes, 1840)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Xyrichthys puniceus Richardson, 1846)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Iniistius leucozonus Jenkins, 1901)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Iniistius cacatua Waite, 1901)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Novacula tessellata Valenciennes, 1840)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Novacula immaculata Valenciennes, 1840)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications) (from synonym Novacula tetrazona Bleeker, 1858)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications) 
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications) (from synonym Iniistius pavoninus (Valenciennes, 1840))
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Xyrichthys pavo Valenciennes, 1840)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) 
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Xyrichtys pavo Valenciennes, 1840)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Xyrichtys niger (Steindachner, 1900))
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Iniistius pavo) 
To FishBase (from synonym Xyrichtys tetrazona (Bleeker, 1858))
To FishBase (from synonym Hemipteronotus niger (Steindachner, 1900))
To FishBase (from synonym Hemipteronotus pavo (Valenciennes, 1840))
To FishBase 
To FishBase (from synonym Xyrichtys pavo Valenciennes, 1840)
To FishBase (from synonym Xyrichthys pavo Valenciennes, 1840)
To FishBase (from synonym Xirichthys pavo Valenciennes, 1840)
To FishBase (from synonym Inistius pavo (Valenciennes, 1840))
To FishBase (from synonym Novacula nigra Steindachner, 1900)
To FishBase (from synonym Novacula tetrazona Bleeker, 1858)
To FishBase (from synonym Iniistius pavoninus (Valenciennes, 1840))
To FishBase (from synonym Xyrichtys niger (Steindachner, 1900))
To FishBase (from synonym Hemipteronotus pavoninus (Valenciennes, 1840))
To FishBase (from synonym Novacula tessellata Valenciennes, 1840)
To FishBase (from synonym Novacula immaculata Valenciennes, 1840)
To FishBase (from synonym Xyrichthys puniceus Richardson, 1846)
To FishBase (from synonym Iniistius mundicorpus Gill, 1862)
To FishBase (from synonym Iniistius leucozonus Jenkins, 1901)
To FishBase (from synonym Novacula carneoflava Peters, 1877)
To FishBase (from synonym Iniistius cacatua Waite, 1901)
To FishBase (from synonym Novacula temporalis Regan, 1905)
To FishBase (from synonym Xyrichthys panamensis Fowler, 1944)
To FishBase (from synonym Xyrichthys pavoninus Valenciennes, 1840)
To GenBank (26 nucleotides; 32 proteins) (from synonym Xyrichthys pavo Valenciennes, 1840)
To GenBank (26 nucleotides; 32 proteins) (from synonym Xyrichtys pavo Valenciennes, 1840)
To GenBank (26 nucleotides; 32 proteins) (from synonym Hemipteronotus pavo (Valenciennes, 1840))
To GenBank (26 nucleotides; 32 proteins) 
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI) 
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern) 
To NMNH Extant Collection (Iniistius pavo FIN030030 Slide 120 mm) 
To NMNH Extant Collection (Iniistius pavo FIN030042 Slide 120 mm) 
To ITIS
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