WoRMS taxon details
Lepidozygus tapeinosoma (Bleeker, 1856)
212793 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:212793)
accepted
Species
Chromanthias exilis Whitley, 1935 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Lepidozygous tapeinosoma (Bleeker, 1856) · unaccepted (misspelling)
Lepidozygus anthioides Smith, 1956 · unaccepted
Lepidozygus tapienosoma (Bleeker, 1856) · unaccepted (misspelling)
Pomacentrus tapeinosoma Bleeker, 1856 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Pomacentrus tapeinosoma Bleeker, 1856) Bleeker, P. (1856). Zevende bijdrage tot de kennis der ichthyologische fauna van Ternate. <em>Natuurkundig Tijdschrift voor Nederlandsch Indië.</em> v. 10: 357-386. [details]
Description Occurs in groups above upper edges of current-swept seaward reefs; occasionally found around lagoon patch reefs.
Description Occurs in groups above upper edges of current-swept seaward reefs; occasionally found around lagoon patch reefs. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Lepidozygus tapeinosoma (Bleeker, 1856). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=212793 on 2025-08-17
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Lepidozygus anthioides Smith, 1956) Smith, J. L. B. (1956). The fishes of Aldabra.--Part III. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 12).</em> v. 8 (no. 96) (art. 103): 886-896, Pls. 20-21. [details]
original description (of Pomacentrus tapeinosoma Bleeker, 1856) Bleeker, P. (1856). Zevende bijdrage tot de kennis der ichthyologische fauna van Ternate. <em>Natuurkundig Tijdschrift voor Nederlandsch Indië.</em> v. 10: 357-386. [details]
original description (of Chromanthias exilis Whitley, 1935) Whitley, G. P. (1935). Studies in ichthyology. No. 9. <em>Records of the Australian Museum.</em> v. 19 (no. 4): 215-250, Pl. 18. [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 Pomacentrus tapeinosoma Bleeker, 1856) Bleeker, P. (1856). Zevende bijdrage tot de kennis der ichthyologische fauna van Ternate. <em>Natuurkundig Tijdschrift voor Nederlandsch Indië.</em> v. 10: 357-386. [details]
original description (of Chromanthias exilis Whitley, 1935) Whitley, G. P. (1935). Studies in ichthyology. No. 9. <em>Records of the Australian Museum.</em> v. 19 (no. 4): 215-250, Pl. 18. [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] 
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Description Occurs in groups above upper edges of current-swept seaward reefs; occasionally found around lagoon patch reefs. [details]
To Barcode of Life (19 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (11 publications) (from synonym Pomacentrus tapeinosoma Bleeker, 1856)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (14 publications)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Lepidozygus tapeinosoma)
To FishBase (from synonym Lepidozygus anthioides Smith, 1956)
To FishBase (from synonym Pomacentrus tapeinosoma Bleeker, 1856)
To FishBase (from synonym Lepidozygus tapienosoma (Bleeker, 1856))
To FishBase (from synonym Lepidozygous tapeinosoma (Bleeker, 1856))
To FishBase
To FishBase images (Lepidozygus tapeinosoma, Kiribati, by Randall, J.E.)
To GenBank (39 nucleotides; 31 proteins)
To GenBank (39 nucleotides; 31 proteins) (from synonym Pomacentrus tapeinosoma Bleeker, 1856)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Lepidozygus tapeinosoma USNM 409211 photograph lateral view)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Lepidozygus tapeinosoma USNM 439939 photograph lateral view)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (11 publications) (from synonym Pomacentrus tapeinosoma Bleeker, 1856)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (14 publications)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Lepidozygus tapeinosoma)
To FishBase (from synonym Lepidozygus anthioides Smith, 1956)
To FishBase (from synonym Pomacentrus tapeinosoma Bleeker, 1856)
To FishBase (from synonym Lepidozygus tapienosoma (Bleeker, 1856))
To FishBase (from synonym Lepidozygous tapeinosoma (Bleeker, 1856))
To FishBase
To FishBase images (Lepidozygus tapeinosoma, Kiribati, by Randall, J.E.)
To GenBank (39 nucleotides; 31 proteins)
To GenBank (39 nucleotides; 31 proteins) (from synonym Pomacentrus tapeinosoma Bleeker, 1856)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Lepidozygus tapeinosoma USNM 409211 photograph lateral view)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Lepidozygus tapeinosoma USNM 439939 photograph lateral view)
To ITIS
From editor or global species database
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Unreviewed
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