AfReMaS taxon details
Melichthys indicus Randall & Klausewitz, 1973
219882 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:219882)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Randall, J. E.; Klausewitz, W. (1973). A review of the triggerfish genus Melichthys, with description of a new species from the Indian Ocean. <em>Senckenbergiana Biologica.</em> 54 (1/3): 57-69. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Melichthys indicus Randall & Klausewitz, 1973. Accessed through: Odido, M.; Appeltans, W.; BelHassen, M.; Mussai, P.; Nsiangango, S.E.; Vandepitte, L.; Wambiji, N.; Zamouri, N. Jiddou, A.M. (Eds) (2025) African Register of Marine Species at: https://marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=219882 on 2025-04-26
Odido, M.; Appeltans, W.; BelHassen, M.; Mussai, P.; Nsiangango, S.E.; Vandepitte, L.; Wambiji, N.; Zamouri, N. Jiddou, A.M. (Eds) (2025). African Register of Marine Species. Melichthys indicus Randall & Klausewitz, 1973. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=219882 on 2025-04-26
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original description
Randall, J. E.; Klausewitz, W. (1973). A review of the triggerfish genus Melichthys, with description of a new species from the Indian Ocean. <em>Senckenbergiana Biologica.</em> 54 (1/3): 57-69. [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 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]
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 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 Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Barcode of Life (21 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Melichthys indicus)
To FishBase
To FishBase images (Melichthys indicus, Maldives, by Randall, J.E.)
To GenBank (27 nucleotides; 26 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Melichthys indicus FIN026730 Slide 120 mm)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Melichthys indicus FIN026731 Slide 120 mm)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Melichthys indicus)
To FishBase
To FishBase images (Melichthys indicus, Maldives, by Randall, J.E.)
To GenBank (27 nucleotides; 26 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Melichthys indicus FIN026730 Slide 120 mm)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Melichthys indicus FIN026731 Slide 120 mm)
To ITIS
