WoRMS

WoRMS taxon details

Dischistodus Gill, 1863

AphiaID

269000 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:269000)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Pomacentridae Bonaparte, 1831

Direct children (12)

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Species Dischistodus chrysopoecilus (Schlegel & Müller, 1839)
Species Dischistodus darwiniensis (Whitley, 1928)
Species Dischistodus fasciatus (Cuvier, 1830)
Species Dischistodus melanotus (Bleeker, 1858)
Species Dischistodus perspicillatus (Cuvier, 1830)
Species Dischistodus prosopotaenia (Bleeker, 1852)
Species Dischistodus pseudochrysopoecilus (Allen & Robertson, 1974)
Species Dischistodus cartieri Bleeker, 1877 accepted as Dischistodus prosopotaenia (Bleeker, 1852)
Species Dischistodus chrysopoecillus (Schlegel & Müller, 1839) accepted as Dischistodus chrysopoecilus (Schlegel & Müller, 1839) (misspelling)
Species Dischistodus notophthalmus (Bleeker, 1853) accepted as Dischistodus melanotus (Bleeker, 1858)
Species Dischistodus notopthalmus (Bleeker, 1853) accepted as Dischistodus melanotus (Bleeker, 1858) (misspelling)
Species Dischistodus trimaculatus (Cuvier, 1830) accepted as Dischistodus perspicillatus (Cuvier, 1830)

Environment

marine, brackish, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Original description

Not documented

Taxonomic citation

Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Dischistodus Gill, 1863. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=269000 on 2025-04-05

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2008-01-15 10:18:16Z

created

Bailly, Nicolas

2013-01-04 15:09:25Z

changed

Bailly, Nicolas

2014-11-21 13:09:37Z

changed

Bailly, Nicolas

2014-12-02 12:48:54Z

changed

Bailly, Nicolas

Licensing

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Taxonomy

taxonomy source Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2025). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. <em>California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco.</em> Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2025., available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details]

Other

additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]