WoRMS name details
Pomacanthodes maculosus (Forsskål, 1775)
211807 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:211807)
unaccepted > superseded combination
Species
Pomacanthodes Gill, 1862 accepted as Pomacanthus Lacepède, 1802
Chaetodon maculosus Forsskål, 1775 · unaccepted > superseded combination
Pomacanthodes haddaja Cuv., 1831 · unaccepted
Pomacanthodes lineatus Ruppell, 1828 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Chaetodon maculosus Forsskål, 1775) Forskål P. (1775). Descriptiones Animalium, Avium, Amphibiorum, Piscium, Insectorum, Vermium; quae in Itinere Orientali Observavit Petrus Forskål. Post Mortem Auctoris editit Carsten Niebuhr. Adjuncta est materia Medica Kahirina. Mölleri, Hafniae, 19 + xxxiv + 164 pp. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2088059
page(s): xiii, 62 [details]
page(s): xiii, 62 [details]
WoRMS (2026). Pomacanthodes maculosus (Forsskål, 1775). Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=211807 on 2026-06-10
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Chaetodon maculosus Forsskål, 1775) Forskål P. (1775). Descriptiones Animalium, Avium, Amphibiorum, Piscium, Insectorum, Vermium; quae in Itinere Orientali Observavit Petrus Forskål. Post Mortem Auctoris editit Carsten Niebuhr. Adjuncta est materia Medica Kahirina. Mölleri, Hafniae, 19 + xxxiv + 164 pp. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2088059
page(s): xiii, 62 [details]
basis of record Smith, J. L. B. (1955). The Fishes of the Family Pomacanthidae in the Western Indian Ocean. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 12).</em> 8 (89) (art. 46): 377-384, Pls. 4-5., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00222935508655653 [details]
page(s): xiii, 62 [details]
basis of record Smith, J. L. B. (1955). The Fishes of the Family Pomacanthidae in the Western Indian Ocean. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 12).</em> 8 (89) (art. 46): 377-384, Pls. 4-5., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00222935508655653 [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
