WoRMS name details
Chalixodytes chameleontoculis Smith, 1957
209261 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:209261)
uncertain > taxon inquirendum (no published taxonomic evidence)
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Smith, J. L. B. (1957). The fishes of Aldabra.--Part VII. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 12).</em> 9 (108) (art. 114): 888-892. [details]
Taxonomy Most likely synonym of Chalixodytes tauensis Schultz, 1943, but apparently no published taxonomic evidence.
Taxonomy Most likely synonym of Chalixodytes tauensis Schultz, 1943, but apparently no published taxonomic evidence. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Chalixodytes chameleontoculis Smith, 1957. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=209261 on 2026-07-09
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Nomenclature
original description
Smith, J. L. B. (1957). The fishes of Aldabra.--Part VII. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 12).</em> 9 (108) (art. 114): 888-892. [details]
basis of record Smith, J. L. B.; Smith, M. M. (1963). The fishes of Seychelles. 1st edition. <em>Department of Ichthyology, Rhodes University, Grahamstown.</em> i-viii + 1-215, Pls. 1-98. [details]
basis of record Smith, J. L. B.; Smith, M. M. (1963). The fishes of Seychelles. 1st edition. <em>Department of Ichthyology, Rhodes University, Grahamstown.</em> i-viii + 1-215, Pls. 1-98. [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] 
Other
additional source
Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Taxonomy Most likely synonym of Chalixodytes tauensis Schultz, 1943, but apparently no published taxonomic evidence. [details]Unreviewed
Remark Described in 1957 according to Gon 1996 <362>. [details]
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Chalixodytes chameleontoculis)
To FishBase
To GenBank (4 nucleotides; 3 proteins)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Chalixodytes chameleontoculis USNM 439683 photograph lateral view)
To ITIS
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Chalixodytes chameleontoculis)
To FishBase
To GenBank (4 nucleotides; 3 proteins)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Chalixodytes chameleontoculis USNM 439683 photograph lateral view)
To ITIS
Unreviewed
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