WoRMS taxon details

Pseudodax moluccanus (Valenciennes, 1840)

219046  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:219046)

accepted
Species
Pseudodax mollucanus (Valenciennes, 1840) · unaccepted (misspelling)
Pseudodax molluccanus (Valenciennes, 1840) · unaccepted (misspelling)
Pseudodax molucanus (Valenciennes, 1840) · unaccepted (misspelling)
Pseudodax moluccans (Valenciennes, 1840) · unaccepted (misspelling)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Not documented
Description Inhabits rock and coral reefs. Adults are solitary and feed on algae and small invertebrates. Juveniles have been observed...  
Description Inhabits rock and coral reefs. Adults are solitary and feed on algae and small invertebrates. Juveniles have been observed "cleaning" other fishes. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2024). FishBase. Pseudodax moluccanus (Valenciennes, 1840). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=219046 on 2024-04-18
Date
action
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1997-02-24 18:26:33Z
created
2008-01-15 17:27:08Z
changed

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basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2023). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (02/2023)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]   

additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS[details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 

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]  OpenAccess publication 
 
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

From other sources
Description Inhabits rock and coral reefs. Adults are solitary and feed on algae and small invertebrates. Juveniles have been observed "cleaning" other fishes. [details]

Remark In Cuvier & Valenciennes. Type species of genus. [details]
LanguageName 
English chiseltooth wrasse  [details]
Japanese ブダイベラ  [details]