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Aphia name details

Melichthys piceus (Poey, 1863)

AphiaID

311467 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:311467)

Classification

Status

unaccepted

Accepted name

Melichthys niger (Bloch, 1786)

Rank

Species

Parent

Melichthys Swainson, 1839

Original name

Balistes piceus Poey, 1863

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Original description

Not documented

Taxonomic citation

Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Melichthys piceus (Poey, 1863). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=311467 on 2026-08-15

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2008-02-28 13:41:07Z

created

Bailly, Nicolas

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basis of record 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 Biodiversity Heritage Library (18 publications)
To FishBase
To ITIS

Aphia name details

Melichthys piceus (Poey, 1863)

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