WoRMS taxon details
Diplodus Rafinesque, 1810
Charax Risso, 1827 · unaccepted > junior homonym (homonym of Charax Scopoli in...)
homonym of Charax Scopoli in Characidae, Fishes
Puntazzo Bleeker, 1876 · unaccepted
Sargus Cuvier, 1816 · unaccepted
Sargus Klein, 1775 · unaccepted (synonym)
- Species Diplodus annularis (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Species Diplodus argenteus (Valenciennes, 1830)
- Species Diplodus ascensionis (Valenciennes, 1830)
- Species Diplodus bellottii (Steindachner, 1882)
- Species Diplodus bermudensis Caldwell, 1965
- Species Diplodus cadenati de la Paz, Bauchot & Daget, 1974
- Species Diplodus capensis (Smith, 1844)
- Species Diplodus caudimacula (Poey, 1860)
- Species Diplodus cervinus (Lowe, 1838)
- Species Diplodus fasciatus (Valenciennes, 1830)
- Species Diplodus helenae (Sauvage, 1879)
- Species Diplodus holbrookii (Bean, 1878)
- Species Diplodus hottentotus (Smith, 1844)
- Species Diplodus kotschyi (Steindachner, 1876)
- Species Diplodus levantinus Fricke, Golani & Appelbaum-Golani, 2016
- Species Diplodus lineatus (Valenciennes, 1830)
- Species Diplodus noct (Valenciennes, 1830)
- Species Diplodus omanensis Bauchot & Bianchi, 1984
- Species Diplodus prayensis Cadenat, 1964
- Species Diplodus puntazzo (Walbaum, 1792)
- Species Diplodus sargus (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Species Diplodus striatus (Bliss, 1883)
- Species Diplodus vulgaris (Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1817)
- Species Diplodus auriventris (Peters, 1855) accepted as Rhabdosargus sarba (Forsskål, 1775)
- Species Diplodus holbrooki (Bean, 1878) accepted as Diplodus holbrookii (Bean, 1878) (misspelling)
- Species Diplodus rondeleti (Valenciennes, 1830) accepted as Diplodus rondeletii (Valenciennes, 1830) accepted as Diplodus sargus (Linnaeus, 1758) (unaccepted > superseded combination, also misspelling of the specific epithet)
- Species Diplodus rondeletii (Valenciennes, 1830) accepted as Diplodus sargus (Linnaeus, 1758) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Diplodus sarba (Forsskål, 1775) accepted as Rhabdosargus sarba (Forsskål, 1775)
- Species Diplodus senegalensis Cadenat, 1964 accepted as Diplodus bellottii (Steindachner, 1882)
- Species Diplodus trifasciatus (Rafinesque, 1810) accepted as Diplodus cervinus (Lowe, 1838)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Not documented
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Diplodus Rafinesque, 1810. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=126076 on 2026-05-02
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Puntazzo Bleeker, 1876) Bleeker, P. (1876). Systema Percarum revisum. Pars Ia. Percae. <em>Archives néerlandaises des sciences exactes et naturelles.</em> v. 11: 247-288. [details]
basis of record van der Land, J.; Costello, M.J.; Zavodnik, D.; Santos, R.S.; Porteiro, F.M.; Bailly, N.; Eschmeyer, W.N.; Froese, R. (2001). Pisces, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 357-374 (look up in IMIS) [details]
basis of record van der Land, J.; Costello, M.J.; Zavodnik, D.; Santos, R.S.; Porteiro, F.M.; Bailly, N.; Eschmeyer, W.N.; Froese, R. (2001). Pisces, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 357-374 (look up in IMIS) [details]
Taxonomy
taxonomy source
Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2026). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. <em>California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco.</em> Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2026., available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details]
status source Fricke, R.; Golani, D.; Appelbaum-Golani, B. (2016). <em>Diplodus levantinus</em> (Teleostei: Sparidae), a new species of sea bream from the southeastern Mediterranean Sea of Israel, with a checklist and a key to the species of the <em>Diplodus sargus</em> species group. <em>Scientia Marina.</em> 80(3): 305-320., available online at https://doi.org/10.3989/scimar.04414.22b [details] Available for editors
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status source Fricke, R.; Golani, D.; Appelbaum-Golani, B. (2016). <em>Diplodus levantinus</em> (Teleostei: Sparidae), a new species of sea bream from the southeastern Mediterranean Sea of Israel, with a checklist and a key to the species of the <em>Diplodus sargus</em> species group. <em>Scientia Marina.</em> 80(3): 305-320., available online at https://doi.org/10.3989/scimar.04414.22b [details] Available for editors
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additional source
Neave, S.A. (1939 - 1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus. vol. 1-10 Online., available online at https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/126539/about [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Catalog of Fishes
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Charax) (from synonym Charax Risso, 1827)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Diplodus)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Sargus) (from synonym Sargus Cuvier, 1816)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Sargus) (from synonym Sargus Klein, 1775)
To Genbank
To ITIS
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Charax) (from synonym Charax Risso, 1827)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Diplodus)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Sargus) (from synonym Sargus Cuvier, 1816)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Sargus) (from synonym Sargus Klein, 1775)
To Genbank
To ITIS
