WoRMS taxon details
Diplodus capensis (Smith, 1844)
273970 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:273970)
accepted
Species
Diplodus rondeleti capensis (Smith, 1944) · unaccepted (senior synonym)
Diplodus rondeletii capensis (Smith, 1944) · unaccepted
Diplodus sargus capensis (Smith, 1844) · unaccepted (synonym)
Sargus capensis Smith, 1844 · unaccepted (synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Sargus capensis Smith, 1844) Smith, A. (1838-1847). Pisces. <em>In: Illustrations of the zoology of South Africa; consisting chiefly of figures and descriptions of the objects of natural history collected during an expedition into the interior of South Africa in 1834-36.</em> v. 4: 77 unnumb. pp, accompanying Pls. 1-31. [Published in parts; see Barnard 1950 for dates of individual parts; fishes from 1838-1847.]. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Diplodus capensis (Smith, 1844). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=273970 on 2025-11-08
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Sargus capensis Smith, 1844) Smith, A. (1838-1847). Pisces. <em>In: Illustrations of the zoology of South Africa; consisting chiefly of figures and descriptions of the objects of natural history collected during an expedition into the interior of South Africa in 1834-36.</em> v. 4: 77 unnumb. pp, accompanying Pls. 1-31. [Published in parts; see Barnard 1950 for dates of individual parts; fishes from 1838-1847.]. [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]
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
additional source
Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | white seabream [from synonym] | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (192 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Diplodus sargus capensis (Smith, 1844))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (30 publications) (from synonym Sargus capensis Smith, 1844)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Diplodus capensis)
To FishBase (from synonym Diplodus sargus capensis (Smith, 1844))
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Sargus capensis Smith, 1844)
To FishBase (from synonym Diplodus rondeletii capensis (Smith, 1944))
To GenBank (309 nucleotides; 306 proteins) (from synonym Sargus capensis Smith, 1844)
To GenBank (309 nucleotides; 306 proteins) (from synonym Diplodus sargus capensis (Smith, 1844))
To GenBank (309 nucleotides; 306 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Diplodus sargus capensis (Smith, 1844))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (30 publications) (from synonym Sargus capensis Smith, 1844)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Diplodus capensis)
To FishBase (from synonym Diplodus sargus capensis (Smith, 1844))
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Sargus capensis Smith, 1844)
To FishBase (from synonym Diplodus rondeletii capensis (Smith, 1944))
To GenBank (309 nucleotides; 306 proteins) (from synonym Sargus capensis Smith, 1844)
To GenBank (309 nucleotides; 306 proteins) (from synonym Diplodus sargus capensis (Smith, 1844))
To GenBank (309 nucleotides; 306 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
