WoRMS taxon details
Choerodon zamboangae (Seale & Bean, 1907)
277282 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:277282)
accepted
Species
Chaerodon zamboangae (Seale & Bean, 1907) · unaccepted (misspelling)
Choerodon melanostigma Fowler & Bean, 1928 · unaccepted > junior objective synonym
Choerops zamboangae Seale & Bean, 1907 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Choerops zamboangae Seale & Bean, 1907) Seale, A.; Bean, B. A. (1907). On a collection of fishes from the Philippine Islands, made by Maj. Edgar A. Mearns, surgeon, U. S. Army, with descriptions of seven new species. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> v. 33 (no. 1568): 229-248., available online at https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00963801.33-1568.229 [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Choerodon zamboangae (Seale & Bean, 1907). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=277282 on 2026-03-25
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Choerodon melanostigma Fowler & Bean, 1928) Fowler, H. W.; Bean, B. A. (1928). Contributions to the biology of the Philippine Archipelago and adjacent regions. The fishes of the families Pomacentridae, Labridae, and Callyodontidae, collected by the ... steamer "Albatross," chiefly in Philippine seas and adjacent waters. <em>Bulletin of the United States National Museum.</em> No. 100, v. 7: i-viii + 1-525, Pls. 1-49. [details]
original description (of Choerops zamboangae Seale & Bean, 1907) Seale, A.; Bean, B. A. (1907). On a collection of fishes from the Philippine Islands, made by Maj. Edgar A. Mearns, surgeon, U. S. Army, with descriptions of seven new species. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> v. 33 (no. 1568): 229-248., available online at https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00963801.33-1568.229 [details]
original description (of Choerops zamboangae Seale & Bean, 1907) Seale, A.; Bean, B. A. (1907). On a collection of fishes from the Philippine Islands, made by Maj. Edgar A. Mearns, surgeon, U. S. Army, with descriptions of seven new species. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> v. 33 (no. 1568): 229-248., available online at https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00963801.33-1568.229 [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]
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
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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
Present
Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio
Inaccurate
Introduced: alien
Containing type locality
To Barcode of Life (16 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Choerodon melanostigma Fowler & Bean, 1928)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Chaerodon zamboangae (Seale & Bean, 1907))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Choerops zamboangae Seale & Bean, 1907)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Choerodon zamboangae)
To FishBase (from synonym Chaerodon zamboangae (Seale & Bean, 1907))
To FishBase (from synonym Choerops zamboangae Seale & Bean, 1907)
To FishBase (from synonym Choerodon melanostigma Fowler & Bean, 1928)
To FishBase
To GenBank (19 nucleotides; 16 proteins)
To GenBank (19 nucleotides; 16 proteins) (from synonym Choerops zamboangae Seale & Bean, 1907)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern) (from synonym Choerodon melanostigma Fowler & Bean, 1928)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Choerodon zamboangae FIN029490 Slide 120 mm)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Choerodon zamboangae FIN029491 Slide 120 mm)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Choerops zamboangae P03112 illustration) (from synonym Choerops zamboangae Seale & Bean, 1907)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Choerodon melanostigma Fowler & Bean, 1928)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Chaerodon zamboangae (Seale & Bean, 1907))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Choerops zamboangae Seale & Bean, 1907)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Choerodon zamboangae)
To FishBase (from synonym Chaerodon zamboangae (Seale & Bean, 1907))
To FishBase (from synonym Choerops zamboangae Seale & Bean, 1907)
To FishBase (from synonym Choerodon melanostigma Fowler & Bean, 1928)
To FishBase
To GenBank (19 nucleotides; 16 proteins)
To GenBank (19 nucleotides; 16 proteins) (from synonym Choerops zamboangae Seale & Bean, 1907)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern) (from synonym Choerodon melanostigma Fowler & Bean, 1928)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Choerodon zamboangae FIN029490 Slide 120 mm)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Choerodon zamboangae FIN029491 Slide 120 mm)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Choerops zamboangae P03112 illustration) (from synonym Choerops zamboangae Seale & Bean, 1907)
To ITIS
Unreviewed