WoRMS taxon details
Coradion melanopus (Cuvier, 1831)
280392 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:280392)
accepted
Species
Chaetodon melanopus Cuvier, 1831 · unaccepted
Tetragnoptrus melanopus (Cuvier, 1831) · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Chaetodon melanopus Cuvier, 1831) Cuvier, G.; Valenciennes, A. (1831). Histoire naturelle des poissons. Tome septième. Livre septième. Des Squamipennes. Livre huitième. Des poissons à pharyngiens labyrinthiformes. <em>F. G. Levrault, Paris.</em> v. 7: i-xxix + 1-531, Pls. 170-208. [Cuvier authored pp. 1-440, Valenciennes 441-531. i-xxii + 1-399 in Strasbourg edition.].
page(s): 84 [details]
page(s): 84 [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Coradion melanopus (Cuvier, 1831). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=280392 on 2026-07-17
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Chaetodon melanopus Cuvier, 1831) Cuvier, G.; Valenciennes, A. (1831). Histoire naturelle des poissons. Tome septième. Livre septième. Des Squamipennes. Livre huitième. Des poissons à pharyngiens labyrinthiformes. <em>F. G. Levrault, Paris.</em> v. 7: i-xxix + 1-531, Pls. 170-208. [Cuvier authored pp. 1-440, Valenciennes 441-531. i-xxii + 1-399 in Strasbourg edition.].
page(s): 84 [details]
page(s): 84 [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). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Barcode of Life (2 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (13 publications) (from synonym Chaetodon melanopus Cuvier, 1831)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Coradion melanopus)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Chaetodon melanopus Cuvier, 1831)
To FishBase (from synonym Tetragnoptrus melanopus (Cuvier, 1831))
To Fishipedia
To GenBank (7 nucleotides; 5 proteins)
To GenBank (7 nucleotides; 5 proteins) (from synonym Chaetodon melanopus Cuvier, 1831)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Coradion melanopus FIN027794 Slide 120 mm)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Coradion melanopus USNM 435500 photograph lateral view)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (13 publications) (from synonym Chaetodon melanopus Cuvier, 1831)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Coradion melanopus)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Chaetodon melanopus Cuvier, 1831)
To FishBase (from synonym Tetragnoptrus melanopus (Cuvier, 1831))
To Fishipedia
To GenBank (7 nucleotides; 5 proteins)
To GenBank (7 nucleotides; 5 proteins) (from synonym Chaetodon melanopus Cuvier, 1831)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Coradion melanopus FIN027794 Slide 120 mm)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Coradion melanopus USNM 435500 photograph lateral view)
To ITIS
Unreviewed
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