WoRMS taxon details
Oryzias melastigma (McClelland, 1839)
315132 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:315132)
accepted
Species
Aplocheilus melastigmus McClelland, 1839 · unaccepted (synonym)
Haplochilus melanostigma (McClelland, 1839) · unaccepted (misspelling)
Haplochilus melastigma (McClelland, 1839) · unaccepted (synonym)
Oryzias melanostigma (McClelland, 1839) · unaccepted (misspelling)
Oryzias melastigmus (McClelland, 1839) · unaccepted (synonym)
Panchax argenteus Day, 1868 · unaccepted (synonym)
Panchax cyanophthalmus Blyth, 1858 · unaccepted (misspelling)
Panchax cyanopthalma Blyth, 1858 · unaccepted (synonym)
Panchax melastigma (McClelland, 1839) · unaccepted (synonym)
(of Aplocheilus melastigmus McClelland, 1839) McClelland, J. (1839). Indian Cyprinidae. <em>Asiatic Researches.</em> v. 19 (pt 2): 217-471, Pls. 37-61. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Oryzias melastigma (McClelland, 1839). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=315132 on 2025-04-17
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Aplocheilus melastigmus McClelland, 1839) McClelland, J. (1839). Indian Cyprinidae. <em>Asiatic Researches.</em> v. 19 (pt 2): 217-471, Pls. 37-61. [details]
original description (of Panchax cyanopthalma Blyth, 1858) Blyth, E. (1858). Report of Curator, Zoological Department, for May, 1858. <em>Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal.</em> 27(3): 267-290.
page(s): 288 [details]
original description (of Panchax argenteus Day, 1868) Day, F. (1868). On some new or imperfectly known fishes of India. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 1867 (pt 3): 699-707.
page(s): 706 [details]
basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
original description (of Panchax cyanopthalma Blyth, 1858) Blyth, E. (1858). Report of Curator, Zoological Department, for May, 1858. <em>Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal.</em> 27(3): 267-290.
page(s): 288 [details]
original description (of Panchax argenteus Day, 1868) Day, F. (1868). On some new or imperfectly known fishes of India. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 1867 (pt 3): 699-707.
page(s): 706 [details]
basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [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]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Barcode of Life (3 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Oryzias melastigmus (McClelland, 1839))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Panchax cyanopthalma Blyth, 1858)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (12 publications) (from synonym Aplocheilus melastigmus McClelland, 1839)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (15 publications) (from synonym Haplochilus melastigma (McClelland, 1839))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Panchax cyanophthalmus Blyth, 1858)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Panchax argenteus Day, 1868)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications) (from synonym Haplochilus melanostigma (McClelland, 1839))
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Oryzias melastigma)
To Fishbase (from synonym Panchax cyanophthalmus Blyth, 1858)
To Fishbase (from synonym Panchax argenteus Day, 1868)
To Fishbase (from synonym Panchax cyanopthalma Blyth, 1858)
To FishBase images (Oryzias melastigma, Bangladesh, by Mahalder, B.)
To GenBank (68070 nucleotides; 69335 proteins)
To GenBank (68070 nucleotides; 69335 proteins) (from synonym Aplocheilus melastigmus McClelland, 1839)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Oryzias melastigmus (McClelland, 1839))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Panchax cyanopthalma Blyth, 1858)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (12 publications) (from synonym Aplocheilus melastigmus McClelland, 1839)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (15 publications) (from synonym Haplochilus melastigma (McClelland, 1839))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Panchax cyanophthalmus Blyth, 1858)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Panchax argenteus Day, 1868)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications) (from synonym Haplochilus melanostigma (McClelland, 1839))
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Oryzias melastigma)
To Fishbase (from synonym Panchax cyanophthalmus Blyth, 1858)
To Fishbase (from synonym Panchax argenteus Day, 1868)
To Fishbase (from synonym Panchax cyanopthalma Blyth, 1858)
To FishBase images (Oryzias melastigma, Bangladesh, by Mahalder, B.)
To GenBank (68070 nucleotides; 69335 proteins)
To GenBank (68070 nucleotides; 69335 proteins) (from synonym Aplocheilus melastigmus McClelland, 1839)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
