Dischistodus melanotus

Dischistodus melanotus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Ovalentaria

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: Ovalentaria

Familia: Pomacentridae
Subfamilia: Pomacentrinae
Genus: Dischistodus
Species: Dischistodus melanotus

Name

Dischistodus melanotus (Bleeker, 1858)

Holotype: RMNH 27458 (114-mm spec. out of 5). [Holotype is RMNH 6462 according to Allen et al. 2006:1456].

Type locality: Manado, Sulawesi [Celebes], Indonesia.

Synonyms

• Dischistodus notophthalmus (Bleeker, 1853)
• Pomacentrus melanotus Bleeker, 1858
• Pomacentrus notophthalmus Bleeker, 1853
• Pomacentrus suluensis Seale, 1910

References

• Bleeker, P. 1858: Tiende bijdrage tot de kennis der vischfauna van Celebes. Acta Societatis Regiae Scientiarum Indo-Neêrlandicae, 3: 1–16.
• Allen, G.R. 1991: Damselfishes of the world. Mergus Publishers, Melle, Germany. 271 pp.
• Dischistodus melanotus in FishBase,
  Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2024. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2024.

Vernacular names

English: Black-vent Damsel