WoRMS taxon details

Choerodon robustus (Günther, 1862)

To FishBase images (<i>Choerodon robustus</i>, Mozambique, by Koch, R.J.)
To FishBase images (Choerodon robustus, Mozambique, by Koch, R.J.)

218950  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:218950)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Chordata (Phylum)
  4. Vertebrata (Subphylum)
  5. Gnathostomata (Infraphylum)
  6. Osteichthyes (Parvphylum)
  7. Actinopterygii (Gigaclass)
  8. Actinopteri (Superclass)
  9. Teleostei (Class)
  10. Eupercaria incertae sedis (Order)
  11. Labridae (Family)
  12. Choerodon (Genus)
  13. Choerodon robustus (Species)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Xiphochilus robustus Günther, 1862) Günther, A. (1862). Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum. Catalogue of the Acanthopterygii Pharyngognathi and Anacanthini in the collection of the British Museum. <em>British Museum, London.</em> 4: i-xxi + 1-534., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9419277 [details] 
Description Usually solitary (Ref. 5213). Found on deeper coral and rocky reefs. Feeds mainly on hard-shelled prey including...  
Description Usually solitary (Ref. 5213). Found on deeper coral and rocky reefs. Feeds mainly on hard-shelled prey including crustaceans, molluscs and sea urchins (Ref. 5374). [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Choerodon robustus (Günther, 1862). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=218950 on 2025-07-15
Date
action
by
1997-02-24 18:26:33Z
created
Vanden Berghe, Edward
2008-01-15 17:27:08Z
changed
Bailly, Nicolas

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Nomenclature

original description (of Choerodon pescadoresis Yu, 1968) Yu, M.-J. (1968). The labrid fishes of Taiwan. <em>Biological Bulletin, Department of Biology, College of Science, Tunghai University, Ichthyological Series.</em> 4: 1–137. [details] 

original description (of Xiphochilus robustus Günther, 1862) Günther, A. (1862). Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum. Catalogue of the Acanthopterygii Pharyngognathi and Anacanthini in the collection of the British Museum. <em>British Museum, London.</em> 4: i-xxi + 1-534., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9419277 [details] 

original description (of Cossyphus maxillosus Guichenot, 1863) Guichenot, A. (1863). Faune ichthyologique. In: L. Maillard, Notes sur l'ile de la Réunion (Bourbon). <em>Paris. 2nd Partie.</em> Annexe C.: C1-C32. [details] 

original description (of Choerops dodecacanthus Bleeker, 1868) Bleeker, P. (1868). Description de deux espèces inédites de Choerops. <em>Archives néerlandaises des sciences exactes et naturelles.</em> v. 3: 273-277, Pl. 12 (upper fig.).
page(s): 275 [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] OpenAccess publication

Other

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]

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

Unreviewed
Description Usually solitary (Ref. 5213). Found on deeper coral and rocky reefs. Feeds mainly on hard-shelled prey including crustaceans, molluscs and sea urchins (Ref. 5374). [details]
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LanguageName 
English robust tuskfish  [details]
Japanese ミヤコベラ  [details]
To Barcode of Life (22 barcodes) 
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Choerodon pescadoresis Yu, 1968)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (17 publications) (from synonym Xiphochilus robustus Günther, 1862)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Cossyphus maxillosus Guichenot, 1863)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Choerops dodecacanthus Bleeker, 1868)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) 
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Choerodon robustus) 
To FishBase 
To FishBase (from synonym Choerodon pescadoresis Yu, 1968)
To FishBase (from synonym Xiphocheilus robustus Günther, 1862)
To FishBase (from synonym Choerops dodecacanthus Bleeker, 1868)
To FishBase (from synonym Xiphochilus robustus Günther, 1862)
To FishBase (from synonym Cossyphus maxillosus Guichenot, 1863)
To FishBase images (Choerodon robustus, Mozambique, by Koch, R.J.) 
To GenBank (31 nucleotides; 21 proteins) 
To GenBank (31 nucleotides; 21 proteins) (from synonym Xiphochilus robustus Günther, 1862)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern) 
To NMNH Extant Collection (Choerodon robustus USNM 431641 lateral view) 
To NMNH Extant Collection (Choerodon robustus USNM 431642 lateral view) 
To ITIS
From editor or global species database
Unreviewed

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