WoRMS taxon details
Chaetodon pelewensis Kner, 1868
273353 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:273353)
accepted
Species
Chaetodon germanus De Vis, 1884 · unaccepted
Chaetodon pelewensis germanus De Vis, 1884 · unaccepted
- Subspecies Chaetodon pelewensis germanus De Vis, 1884 accepted as Chaetodon pelewensis Kner, 1868
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Kner, R. (1868). Über neue Fische aus dem Museum der Herren Johann Cäsar Godeffroy & Sohn in Hamburg. (IV. Folge). <em>Sitzungsberichte der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften. Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Classe.</em> v. 58 (nos 1-2): 26-31. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Chaetodon pelewensis Kner, 1868. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=273353 on 2026-08-28
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Nomenclature
original description
Kner, R. (1868). Über neue Fische aus dem Museum der Herren Johann Cäsar Godeffroy & Sohn in Hamburg. (IV. Folge). <em>Sitzungsberichte der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften. Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Classe.</em> v. 58 (nos 1-2): 26-31. [details]
original description (of Chaetodon germanus De Vis, 1884) De Vis, C. W. (1884). New Australian fishes in the Queensland Museum. Part II. <em>Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales.</em> v. 9 (pt 3): 453-462.
page(s): 454 [details]
original description (of Chaetodon germanus De Vis, 1884) De Vis, C. W. (1884). New Australian fishes in the Queensland Museum. Part II. <em>Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales.</em> v. 9 (pt 3): 453-462.
page(s): 454 [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] 
Other
context source (Deepsea)
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
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]
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 Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Barcode of Life (19 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (12 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Chaetodon germanus De Vis, 1884)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Chaetodon pelewensis)
To FishBase (from synonym Chaetodon pelewensis germanus De Vis, 1884)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Chaetodon germanus De Vis, 1884)
To Fishipedia
To GenBank (34 nucleotides; 27 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Chaetodon pelewensis USNM 401107 photograph lateral view)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Chaetodon pelewensis USNM 404755 photograph lateral view)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (12 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Chaetodon germanus De Vis, 1884)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Chaetodon pelewensis)
To FishBase (from synonym Chaetodon pelewensis germanus De Vis, 1884)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Chaetodon germanus De Vis, 1884)
To Fishipedia
To GenBank (34 nucleotides; 27 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Chaetodon pelewensis USNM 401107 photograph lateral view)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Chaetodon pelewensis USNM 404755 photograph lateral view)
To ITIS
Unreviewed
Hosted externally
Hosted externally
