WoRMS taxon details
Iniistius melanopus (Bleeker, 1857)
712763 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:712763)
accepted
Species
Hemipteronotus melanopus (Bleeker, 1857) · unaccepted
Novacula melanopus Bleeker, 1857 · unaccepted
Xyrichtys melanopus (Bleeker, 1857) · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Novacula melanopus Bleeker, 1857) Bleeker, P. (1857). Achtste bijdrage tot de kennis der vischfauna van Amboina. <em>Acta Societatis Regiae Scientiarum Indo-Neêrlandicae.</em> v. 2 (art. 7): 1-102. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Iniistius melanopus (Bleeker, 1857). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=712763 on 2026-01-21
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Novacula melanopus Bleeker, 1857) Bleeker, P. (1857). Achtste bijdrage tot de kennis der vischfauna van Amboina. <em>Acta Societatis Regiae Scientiarum Indo-Neêrlandicae.</em> v. 2 (art. 7): 1-102. [details]
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]
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]
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
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Japanese | モンヒラベラ [from synonym] | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (13 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (10 publications) (from synonym Novacula melanopus Bleeker, 1857)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications) (from synonym Hemipteronotus melanopus (Bleeker, 1857))
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Xyrichtys melanopus (Bleeker, 1857))
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Iniistius melanopus)
To FishBase (from synonym Xyrichtys melanopus (Bleeker, 1857))
To FishBase (from synonym Hemipteronotus melanopus (Bleeker, 1857))
To FishBase (from synonym Novacula melanopus Bleeker, 1857)
To FishBase
To GenBank (8 nucleotides; 6 proteins) (from synonym Novacula melanopus Bleeker, 1857)
To GenBank (8 nucleotides; 6 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Iniistius melanopus FIN030027 Slide 120 mm)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Iniistius melanopus FIN030028 Slide 120 mm)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (10 publications) (from synonym Novacula melanopus Bleeker, 1857)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications) (from synonym Hemipteronotus melanopus (Bleeker, 1857))
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Xyrichtys melanopus (Bleeker, 1857))
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Iniistius melanopus)
To FishBase (from synonym Xyrichtys melanopus (Bleeker, 1857))
To FishBase (from synonym Hemipteronotus melanopus (Bleeker, 1857))
To FishBase (from synonym Novacula melanopus Bleeker, 1857)
To FishBase
To GenBank (8 nucleotides; 6 proteins) (from synonym Novacula melanopus Bleeker, 1857)
To GenBank (8 nucleotides; 6 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Iniistius melanopus FIN030027 Slide 120 mm)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Iniistius melanopus FIN030028 Slide 120 mm)
To ITIS
Unreviewed
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