Selenotoca multifasciata

Taxonavigation: Eupercaria

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Cladus: Eugnathostomata Cladus: Osteichthyes Classis: Actinopterygii Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii Infraclassis: Teleostei Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai Supercohors: Clupeocephala Cohors: Euteleosteomorpha Subcohors: Neoteleostei Infracohors: Eurypterygia Sectio: Ctenosquamata Subsectio: Acanthomorphata Superordo: Acanthopterygii Subdivisio: Percomorphaceae Series: Eupercaria

Ordo: incertae sedis
Familia: Scatophagidae
Genus: Selenotoca
Species: Selenotoca multifasciata

Name

Selenotoca multifasciata (Richardson, 1846)

• Holotype (unique): BMNH 2006.5.19.2 (skin).

Type locality: King George Sound, Western Australia.

Synonyms

• Scatophagus multifasciatus Richardson, 1846
• Scatophagus aetatevarians De Vis, 1884

Vernacular names

• English: Spotbanded Scat

References

• Liu, Z., Mu, X., Li, H., Gui, L., Zeng, W. & Zhang, J. 2016. Complete mitochondrial genome of the striped scat Selenotoca multifasciata (Perciformes: Scatophagidae). Mitochondrial DNA Part A: DNA Mapping, Sequencing, and Analysis 27(4): 2691–2692. DOI: 10.3109/19401736.2015.1046125 . Reference page. 
• Richardson, J. 1844–48. Ichthyology of the voyage of H.M.S. Erebus & Terror,... In: Richardson, J. & Gray, J.E. The zoology of the voyage of H.M.S. Erebus & Terror, under the command of Captain Sir James Clark Ross, R.N., F.R.S., during the years 1839 to 1843. London. 2 (2): i–viii + 1–139, Pls. 1–60. [1844: 1–16; 1845: 17–52; 1846: 53–74; 1848: i–viii + 75–139. PDF. Reference page. 

Links

• Selenotoca multifasciata in Catalog of Fishes, Eschmeyer, W.N., Fricke, R. & van der Laan, R. (eds.) 2026. Catalog of Fishes electronic version.
• Selenotoca multifasciata in FishBase,
  Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2026. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2024.

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