WoRMS taxon details
Centropyge bicolor (Bloch, 1787)
AphiaID: 211780
AphiaID: 211780
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Pisces (Superclass) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Perciformes (Order) > Pomacanthidae (Family) > Centropyge (Genus) |
| Status | accepted | ||||||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | ||||||||||
| Rank | Species | ||||||||||
| Parent | Centropyge Kaup, 1860 | ||||||||||
| Synonymised taxa |
Centropyge bicolour (Bloch, 1787) (misspelling) Chaetodon bicolor Bloch, 1787 | ||||||||||
| Sources |
basis of record: Anon. (1996). FishBase 96 [CD-ROM]. ICLARM: Los Baños, Philippines. 1 cd-rom pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] additional source: FishBase, version december 2007, available online at http://www.fishbase.org [details] additional source: FishBase, version may 2009 [details] additional source: FishBase, version october 2012 [details] context source (Deepsea): Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details] | ||||||||||
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| Environment | marine, | ||||||||||
| Distribution | Chagos [details] Comores [details] Djibouti [details] Eritrea [details] Kenya [details] Madagascar [details] Mauritius [details] Mozambique [details] Reunion [details] Seychelles [details] Somalia [details] South Africa (country) [details] Tanzania [details] | ||||||||||
| Links | To Barcode of Life (18 barcodes) To Biodiversity Heritage Library (10 publications) To Encyclopedia of Life To FishBase To GenBank (30 nucleotides; 25 proteins) To IUCN Red List To ITIS | ||||||||||
| Note |
Description: Inhabits lagoon, channel, or protected seaward reef slopes, drop offs, coral and rubble areas (Ref. 1602); usually in pairs or in small groups close to the bottom. Darts from one hiding place to the next. Feeds on algae, small crustaceans and worms. Frequently imported from the Philippines. [details] | ||||||||||
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| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:211780 | ||||||||||
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| Citation: Bailly, N. (2013). Centropyge bicolor (Bloch, 1787). In: Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2013) FishBase. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=211780 on 2013-05-20 | |||||||||||
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