WoRMS taxon details
Hoplostethus melanopus (Weber, 1913)
217893 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:217893)
accepted
Species
Hoplostethus natalensis Kotlyar, 1978 · unaccepted
Leiogaster melanopus Weber, 1913 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Leiogaster melanopus Weber, 1913) Weber, M. (1913). Die Fische der Siboga-Expedition. <em>E. J. Brill, Leiden.</em> i-xii + 1-710, Pls. 1-12. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Hoplostethus melanopus (Weber, 1913). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=217893 on 2025-07-23
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Hoplostethus natalensis Kotlyar, 1978) Kotlyar, A. N. (1978). Hoplostethus (Hoplostethus) natalensis sp. n., a new species of the family Trachichthyidae (Berycoidei, Beryciformes) from the south-western part of the Indian Ocean. <em>Zoologicheskii Zhurnal.</em> 57 (11): 1681-1685. [In Russian, English summary]. [details]
original description (of Leiogaster melanopus Weber, 1913) Weber, M. (1913). Die Fische der Siboga-Expedition. <em>E. J. Brill, Leiden.</em> i-xii + 1-710, Pls. 1-12. [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]
original description (of Leiogaster melanopus Weber, 1913) Weber, M. (1913). Die Fische der Siboga-Expedition. <em>E. J. Brill, Leiden.</em> i-xii + 1-710, Pls. 1-12. [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] 
Other
context source (Deepsea)
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.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
[request]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Japanese | クロヒウチ | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (8 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Leiogaster melanopus Weber, 1913)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Hoplostethus melanopus)
To FishBase (from synonym Hoplostethus natalensis Kotlyar, 1978)
To FishBase (from synonym Leiogaster melanopus Weber, 1913)
To FishBase
To FishBase images (Hoplostethus melanopus, Philippines, by Reyes, R.B.)
To GenBank (10 nucleotides; 6 proteins)
To GenBank (10 nucleotides; 6 proteins) (from synonym Leiogaster melanopus Weber, 1913)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Leiogaster melanopus Weber, 1913)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Hoplostethus melanopus)
To FishBase (from synonym Hoplostethus natalensis Kotlyar, 1978)
To FishBase (from synonym Leiogaster melanopus Weber, 1913)
To FishBase
To FishBase images (Hoplostethus melanopus, Philippines, by Reyes, R.B.)
To GenBank (10 nucleotides; 6 proteins)
To GenBank (10 nucleotides; 6 proteins) (from synonym Leiogaster melanopus Weber, 1913)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To ITIS
From editor or global species database
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