WoRMS taxon details
Dischistodus melanotus (Bleeker, 1858)
280562 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:280562)
                    accepted
                    
                        
                
                    Species
                    
                        
                Dischistodus notophthalmus (Bleeker, 1853) · unaccepted
Dischistodus notopthalmus (Bleeker, 1853) · unaccepted (misspelling)
Pomacentrus melanotus Bleeker, 1858 · unaccepted
Pomacentrus notophthalmus Bleeker, 1853 · unaccepted
Pomacentrus suluensis Seale, 1910 · unaccepted
                    
                marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
                    
            
            
                                                                    
            
                    
                
(of Pomacentrus melanotus Bleeker, 1858) Bleeker, P. (1858). Tiende bijdrage tot de kennis der vischfauna van Celebes. <em>Acta Societatis Regiae Scientiarum Indo-Neêrlandicae.</em> v. 3 (art. 11): 1-16. [details] 
                    
            
            
                                                                    
            
                    
                Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Dischistodus melanotus (Bleeker, 1858). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=280562 on 2025-11-04
                    
            
            
                                                
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Pomacentrus melanotus Bleeker, 1858) Bleeker, P. (1858). Tiende bijdrage tot de kennis der vischfauna van Celebes. <em>Acta Societatis Regiae Scientiarum Indo-Neêrlandicae.</em> v. 3 (art. 11): 1-16. [details] 
original description (of Pomacentrus notophthalmus Bleeker, 1853) Bleeker, P. (1853). Nieuwe bijdrage tot de kennis der ichthyologische fauna van Ternate en Halmaheira (Gilolo). <em>Natuurkundig Tijdschrift voor Nederlandsch Indië.</em> v. 4 (no. 3): 595-610. [details]
original description (of Pomacentrus suluensis Seale, 1910) Seale, A. (1910). New species of Philippine fishes. <em>The Philippine Journal of Science Section A.</em> v. 4 (no. 6) (for 1909): 491-543, Pls. 1-13., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34880859#page/729/mode/1up [details]
original description (of Pomacentrus notophthalmus Bleeker, 1853) Bleeker, P. (1853). Nieuwe bijdrage tot de kennis der ichthyologische fauna van Ternate en Halmaheira (Gilolo). <em>Natuurkundig Tijdschrift voor Nederlandsch Indië.</em> v. 4 (no. 3): 595-610. [details]
original description (of Pomacentrus suluensis Seale, 1910) Seale, A. (1910). New species of Philippine fishes. <em>The Philippine Journal of Science Section A.</em> v. 4 (no. 6) (for 1909): 491-543, Pls. 1-13., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34880859#page/729/mode/1up [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). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., 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 
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Japanese | セグロスズメダイ | [details] | 
            To Barcode of Life (7 barcodes) 
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (19 publications) (from synonym Pomacentrus notophthalmus Bleeker, 1853)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Pomacentrus suluensis Seale, 1910)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Dischistodus notophthalmus (Bleeker, 1853))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications) (from synonym Pomacentrus melanotus Bleeker, 1858)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Dischistodus melanotus)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Pomacentrus melanotus Bleeker, 1858)
To FishBase (from synonym Pomacentrus notophthalmus Bleeker, 1853)
To FishBase (from synonym Dischistodus notophthalmus (Bleeker, 1853))
To FishBase (from synonym Pomacentrus suluensis Seale, 1910)
To FishBase (from synonym Dischistodus notopthalmus (Bleeker, 1853))
To GenBank (23 nucleotides; 21 proteins) (from synonym Pomacentrus melanotus Bleeker, 1858)
To GenBank (23 nucleotides; 21 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Dischistodus melanotus FIN032439 Slide 120 mm)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Dischistodus melanotus FIN032440 Slide 120 mm)
To ITIS
        
    
                            
    
                    
                    
            To Biodiversity Heritage Library (19 publications) (from synonym Pomacentrus notophthalmus Bleeker, 1853)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Pomacentrus suluensis Seale, 1910)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Dischistodus notophthalmus (Bleeker, 1853))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications) (from synonym Pomacentrus melanotus Bleeker, 1858)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Dischistodus melanotus)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Pomacentrus melanotus Bleeker, 1858)
To FishBase (from synonym Pomacentrus notophthalmus Bleeker, 1853)
To FishBase (from synonym Dischistodus notophthalmus (Bleeker, 1853))
To FishBase (from synonym Pomacentrus suluensis Seale, 1910)
To FishBase (from synonym Dischistodus notopthalmus (Bleeker, 1853))
To GenBank (23 nucleotides; 21 proteins) (from synonym Pomacentrus melanotus Bleeker, 1858)
To GenBank (23 nucleotides; 21 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Dischistodus melanotus FIN032439 Slide 120 mm)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Dischistodus melanotus FIN032440 Slide 120 mm)
To ITIS