WoRMS taxon details
Dichistius multifasciatus (Pellegrin, 1914)
221425 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:221425)
accepted
Species
Coracinus multifasciatus (Pellegrin, 1914) · unaccepted
Dipterodon multifasciatus Pellegrin, 1914 · unaccepted
Drepanoscorpis gilchristi Fowler, 1934 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Dipterodon multifasciatus Pellegrin, 1914) Pellegrin, J. (1914). Sur une collection de poissons de Madagascar. <em>Bulletin de la Société Zoologique de France.</em> v. 39 (no. 5): 221-234. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Dichistius multifasciatus (Pellegrin, 1914). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=221425 on 2026-07-09
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Dipterodon multifasciatus Pellegrin, 1914) Pellegrin, J. (1914). Sur une collection de poissons de Madagascar. <em>Bulletin de la Société Zoologique de France.</em> v. 39 (no. 5): 221-234. [details]
original description (of Drepanoscorpis gilchristi Fowler, 1934) Fowler, H. W. (1934). Fishes obtained by Mr. H. W. Bell-Marley chiefly in Natal and Zululand in 1929 to 1932. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> 86: 405-514. [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 Drepanoscorpis gilchristi Fowler, 1934) Fowler, H. W. (1934). Fishes obtained by Mr. H. W. Bell-Marley chiefly in Natal and Zululand in 1929 to 1932. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> 86: 405-514. [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
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | banded galjoen [from synonym] | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (15 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Coracinus multifasciatus (Pellegrin, 1914))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Dipterodon multifasciatus Pellegrin, 1914)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Dichistius multifasciatus)
To FishBase (from synonym Dipterodon multifasciatus Pellegrin, 1914)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Coracinus multifasciatus (Pellegrin, 1914))
To FishBase (from synonym Drepanoscorpis gilchristi Fowler, 1934)
To GenBank (13 nucleotides; 11 proteins) (from synonym Dipterodon multifasciatus Pellegrin, 1914)
To GenBank (13 nucleotides; 11 proteins) (from synonym Coracinus multifasciatus (Pellegrin, 1914))
To GenBank (13 nucleotides; 11 proteins)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Dichistius multifasciatus FIN028004 Slide 120 mm)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Coracinus multifasciatus (Pellegrin, 1914))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Dipterodon multifasciatus Pellegrin, 1914)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Dichistius multifasciatus)
To FishBase (from synonym Dipterodon multifasciatus Pellegrin, 1914)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Coracinus multifasciatus (Pellegrin, 1914))
To FishBase (from synonym Drepanoscorpis gilchristi Fowler, 1934)
To GenBank (13 nucleotides; 11 proteins) (from synonym Dipterodon multifasciatus Pellegrin, 1914)
To GenBank (13 nucleotides; 11 proteins) (from synonym Coracinus multifasciatus (Pellegrin, 1914))
To GenBank (13 nucleotides; 11 proteins)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Dichistius multifasciatus FIN028004 Slide 120 mm)
To ITIS