Pygoplites diacanthus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Percoidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii Infraclassis: Teleostei Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai Supercohors: Clupeocephala Cohors: Euteleosteomorpha Subcohors: Neoteleostei Infracohors: Eurypterygia Sectio: Ctenosquamata Subsectio: Acanthomorphata Divisio/Superordo: Acanthopterygii Subdivisio: Percomorphaceae Series: Eupercaria Ordo: Perciformes Subordo: Percoidei Superfamilia: Percoidea

Familia: Pomacanthidae
Genus: Pygoplites
Species: Pygoplites diacanthus

Name

Pygoplites diacanthus (Boddaert, 1772)

Type locality: Amboina [Ambon Bay, Ambon Island, Moluccas/Maluku, Indonesia, Banda Sea]

Holotype: MJAS (whereabouts unknown)

Synonyms

Chaetodon boddaerti Gmelin, 1789
Chaetodon diacanthus Boddaert, 1772
Chaetodon diacanthus Walbaum, 1792
Chaetodon dux Gmelin, 1789
Chaetodon fasciatus Bloch, 1787
Holacanthus diacanthus (Boddaert, 1772)
Pygoplites boddaerti (Gmelin, 1789)
Pygoplites dux (Gmelin, 1789)

References

Boddaert, P. 1772: Van den Tweedornigen Klipfisch. De Chaetodonte diacantho descripto atque accuratissima icone illustrata. M. Magérus, Amsterdam. 1 pl.: 43 pp.
Coleman, R.R., Eble, J.A., DiBattista, J.D., Rocha, L.A., Randall, J.E., Berumen, M.L. & Bowen, B.W. 2016. Regal phylogeography: Range-wide survey of the marine angelfish Pygoplites diacanthus reveals evolutionary partitions between the Red Sea, Indian Ocean, and Pacific Ocean. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 100: 243–253. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2016.04.005 Reference page.
Fraser-Brunner, A. 1933: A revision of the chaetodont fishes of the subfamily Pomacanthinae. Proceedings of the General Meetings for Scientific Business of the Zoological Society of London 1933 pt. 3 (30): 543–599, Pl. 1. DOI: 10.1111/j.1096-3642.1933.tb01608.x

Links

Pygoplites diacanthus – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
Pygoplites diacanthus in the World Register of Marine Species
Pygoplites diacanthus in FishBase,
Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2024. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2024.
Pygoplites diacanthus in Catalog of Fishes, Eschmeyer, W.N., Fricke, R. & van der Laan, R. (eds.) 2024. Catalog of Fishes electronic version.

Vernacular names

Afrikaans: Koninklike engelvis
Deutsch: Pfauenkaiserfisch
ދިވެހިބަސް: ކުލަ ކޮކާމަސ
English: Royal angelfish
español: Pez ángel real
suomi: Kirjokeisarikala
français: Poisson-ange royal
italiano: Pesce angelo reale
Nederlands: Pauwoogkeizersvis
русский: Королевский ангел
ไทย: ปลาสินสมุทรบั้งเหลือง
中文: 甲尻鱼

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