WoRMS taxon details
Dichistius capensis (Cuvier, 1831)
221426 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:221426)
accepted
Species
Coracinus aper Gronow, 1854 · unaccepted
Coracinus capensis (Cuvier, 1831) · unaccepted
Dichistius falcatus Smith, 1935 · unaccepted
Dipterodon capensis Cuvier, 1831 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Dipterodon capensis Cuvier, 1831) Cuvier, G.; Valenciennes, A. (1831). Histoire naturelle des poissons. Tome septième. Livre septième. Des Squamipennes. Livre huitième. Des poissons à pharyngiens labyrinthiformes. <em>F. G. Levrault, Paris.</em> v. 7: i-xxix + 1-531, Pls. 170-208. [Cuvier authored pp. 1-440, Valenciennes 441-531. i-xxii + 1-399 in Strasbourg edition.].
page(s): 276, Pl. 188 [details]
page(s): 276, Pl. 188 [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Dichistius capensis (Cuvier, 1831). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=221426 on 2026-07-09
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Dichistius falcatus Smith, 1935) Smith, J. L. B. (1935). The "Galjoen" fishes of South Africa. <em>Transactions of the Royal Society of South Africa.</em> v. 23 (pt 3): 265-276, Pls. 13-17., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00359193509518897 [details]
original description (of Dipterodon capensis Cuvier, 1831) Cuvier, G.; Valenciennes, A. (1831). Histoire naturelle des poissons. Tome septième. Livre septième. Des Squamipennes. Livre huitième. Des poissons à pharyngiens labyrinthiformes. <em>F. G. Levrault, Paris.</em> v. 7: i-xxix + 1-531, Pls. 170-208. [Cuvier authored pp. 1-440, Valenciennes 441-531. i-xxii + 1-399 in Strasbourg edition.].
page(s): 276, Pl. 188 [details]
basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
original description (of Dipterodon capensis Cuvier, 1831) Cuvier, G.; Valenciennes, A. (1831). Histoire naturelle des poissons. Tome septième. Livre septième. Des Squamipennes. Livre huitième. Des poissons à pharyngiens labyrinthiformes. <em>F. G. Levrault, Paris.</em> v. 7: i-xxix + 1-531, Pls. 170-208. [Cuvier authored pp. 1-440, Valenciennes 441-531. i-xxii + 1-399 in Strasbourg edition.].
page(s): 276, Pl. 188 [details]
basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., 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] 
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Barcode of Life (13 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Coracinus aper Gronow, 1854)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Coracinus capensis (Cuvier, 1831))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (33 publications) (from synonym Dipterodon capensis Cuvier, 1831)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Dichistius capensis)
To FishBase (from synonym Dichistius falcatus Smith, 1935)
To FishBase (from synonym Coracinus aper Gronow, 1854)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Coracinus capensis (Cuvier, 1831))
To FishBase (from synonym Dipterodon capensis Cuvier, 1831)
To GenBank (14 nucleotides; 11 proteins) (from synonym Coracinus capensis (Cuvier, 1831))
To GenBank (14 nucleotides; 11 proteins) (from synonym Dipterodon capensis Cuvier, 1831)
To GenBank (14 nucleotides; 11 proteins)
To NHMUK collection (Coracinus aper Gronow in Gray, 1854; SYNTYPE; NHMUK:ecatalogue:2584778) (from synonym Coracinus aper Gronow, 1854)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Coracinus aper Gronow, 1854)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Coracinus capensis (Cuvier, 1831))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (33 publications) (from synonym Dipterodon capensis Cuvier, 1831)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Dichistius capensis)
To FishBase (from synonym Dichistius falcatus Smith, 1935)
To FishBase (from synonym Coracinus aper Gronow, 1854)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Coracinus capensis (Cuvier, 1831))
To FishBase (from synonym Dipterodon capensis Cuvier, 1831)
To GenBank (14 nucleotides; 11 proteins) (from synonym Coracinus capensis (Cuvier, 1831))
To GenBank (14 nucleotides; 11 proteins) (from synonym Dipterodon capensis Cuvier, 1831)
To GenBank (14 nucleotides; 11 proteins)
To NHMUK collection (Coracinus aper Gronow in Gray, 1854; SYNTYPE; NHMUK:ecatalogue:2584778) (from synonym Coracinus aper Gronow, 1854)
To ITIS
