WoRMS taxon details
Pomacanthus semicirculatus (Cuvier, 1831)
AphiaID: 220003
AphiaID: 220003
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Pisces (Superclass) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Perciformes (Order) > Pomacanthidae (Family) > Pomacanthus (Genus) |
| Status | accepted | ||||||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | ||||||||||
| Rank | Species | ||||||||||
| Parent | Pomacanthus Lacepède, 1802 | ||||||||||
| Synonymised taxa |
Holacanthus alternans Cuvier, 1831 Holacanthus lepidolepis Bleeker, 1853 Holacanthus reginae Sauvage, 1891 Holacanthus semicirculatus Cuvier, 1831 Pomacanthops alternans Cuv., 1831 Pomacanthops caeruleus (Ehren) Cuv., 1831 Pomacanthops ignatius Playfair, 1867 Pomacanthops lasti von Bonde, 1934 Pomacanthops poecilus Peters, 1868 Pomacanthops reginae (Lienard) Sauvage, 1891 Pomacanthops semicirculatus (Cuvier, 1831) | ||||||||||
| 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] from synonym: Smith, J.L.B. (1955). The Fishes of the Family Pomacanthidae in the Western Indian Ocean. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. 12(8): 377-384. [details] [view taxon] from synonym: Smith, J.L.B. & M.M. Smith (1963). The fishes of Seychelles. Department of Ichthyology, Rhodes University. Grahamstown. [details] [view taxon] from synonym: Copley, H. (1934). Holacanthus semicirculatus (Cuv). JEANHS 12(1-2): 51. [details] [view taxon] | ||||||||||
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| Environment | marine, | ||||||||||
| Distribution | Cargados Carajos [details] Comores [details] Djibouti [details] Eritrea [details] Kenya (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] Madagascar [details] Mauritius [details] Mozambique [details] Red Sea [details] Reunion [details] Rodriguez [details] Seychelles [details] Somalia [details] South Africa (country) (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] Tanzania [details] | ||||||||||
| Host of |
Pseudanuretes papernai Kabata & Deets, 1988 (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
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| Links | To Barcode of Life (12 barcodes) To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) To Encyclopedia of Life To FishBase To GenBank (19 nucleotides; 16 proteins) To IUCN Red List To ITIS | ||||||||||
| Note |
Description: Juveniles inhabits shallow protected areas, while adults prefer coastal reefs with heavy coral growth providing ample hiding places. Common in depths less than 25 m. Generally a solitary species. Apparently rare in Belau. The young are excellent aquarium fish and suitable for a community tank. [details] | ||||||||||
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| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:220003 | ||||||||||
| Taxonomic Edit history |
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| Citation: Bailly, N. (2013). Pomacanthus semicirculatus (Cuvier, 1831). 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=220003 on 2013-05-23 | |||||||||||
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