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WoRMS taxon detailsHemigymnus melapterus (Bloch, 1791)
218998 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:218998)
accepted
Species
Cheilolabrus magnilabris Alleyne & Macleay, 1877 · unaccepted (synonym)
Halichoeres melapterus (Bloch, 1791) · unaccepted
Hamigymnus melapterus (Bloch, 1791) · unaccepted (misspelling)
Hemigymnus melanopterus Günther, 1862 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Hemigymnus melapturus (Bloch, 1791) · unaccepted (misspelling)
Julis beraber Montrouzier, 1857 · unaccepted (synonym)
Julis boryii Lesson, 1831 · unaccepted (synonym)
Labrichthys bicolor Day, 1871 · unaccepted (synonym)
Labrus malapterus Bloch, 1792 · unaccepted (synonym)
Labrus melampterus Bloch & Schneider, 1801 · unaccepted (synonym)
Labrus melapterus Bloch, 1791 · unaccepted
Sparus niger Lacepède, 1802 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Tautoga dimidiatus Bleeker, 1849 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
marine,
(of Labrus melapterus Bloch, 1791) Bloch, M. E. (1791). Naturgeschichte der ausländischen Fische. <em>Berlin.</em> v. 5. i-viii + 1-152, Pls. 253-288.
page(s): 137, Pl. 285 [details]
Description Found in subtidal reef flats and lagoon and seaward reefs up to at least 30 m deep (Ref. 1602). Feeds mainly on small...
Description Found in subtidal reef flats and lagoon and seaward reefs up to at least 30 m deep (Ref. 1602). Feeds mainly on small invertebrates, especially crustaceans, polychaete worms, molluscs and brittle stars (Ref. 9823). [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Hemigymnus melapterus (Bloch, 1791). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=218998 on 2025-06-02
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Nomenclatureoriginal description
(of Labrus melapterus Bloch, 1791) Bloch, M. E. (1791). Naturgeschichte der ausländischen Fische. <em>Berlin.</em> v. 5. i-viii + 1-152, Pls. 253-288. page(s): 137, Pl. 285 [details] original description (of Labrus melampterus Bloch & Schneider, 1801) Bloch, M.E.; Schneider, J.G. (1801). M.E. Blochii, Systema Ichthyologiae iconibus cx illustratum. Post obitum auctoris opus inchoatum absolvit, correxit, interpolavit Jo. <em>Gottlob Schneider, Saxo. Berolini. Sumtibus Auctoris Impressum et Bibliopolio Sanderiano Commissum.</em> Pp i-lx + 1-584, Pls. 1-110., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/5750#/summary page(s): 254 [details] original description (of Julis beraber Montrouzier, 1857) Montrouzier, X. (1857). Essai sur le faune de l'île de Woodlark ou Moiou. Ichthyologie. <em>Annales de la Société d'Agriculture, Histoire Naturelle et Arts Utiles de Lyon (sér. 2).</em> v. 8 (1856): 417-504. [details] original description (of Cheilolabrus magnilabris Alleyne & Macleay, 1877) Alleyne, H. G.; Macleay, W. (1877). The ichthyology of the Chevert expedition. <em>Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales.</em> v. 1 (pts 3-4): 261-281, 321-359, Pls. 3-9, 10-17. [Pp. 261-281, Pls. 3-9 published Feb. 1877; pp. 321-359, Pls. 10-17 published Mar. 1877.]. [details] original description (of Labrichthys bicolor Day, 1871) Day, F. (1871). On the fishes of the Andaman Islands. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 1870 (pt 3): 677-705 [1-29]. page(s): 696 [20] [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] Ecologyecology 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]  Othercontext source (HKRMS)
Hong Kong marine fish database. <em>AFCD.</em> , available online at https://www.hk-fish.net/en/fish/introduction/ [details]
additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors  [request] Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Description Found in subtidal reef flats and lagoon and seaward reefs up to at least 30 m deep (Ref. 1602). Feeds mainly on small invertebrates, especially crustaceans, polychaete worms, molluscs and brittle stars (Ref. 9823). [details]
To Barcode of Life (57 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (17 publications) (from synonym Labrus melapterus Bloch, 1791) To Biodiversity Heritage Library (28 publications) To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Labrus melapterus Bloch, 1791) To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Hemigymnus melapterus) To FishBase To FishBase (from synonym Labrus melapterus Bloch, 1791) To FishBase (from synonym Halichoeres melapterus (Bloch, 1791)) To FishBase (from synonym Hemigymnus melapturus (Bloch, 1791)) To FishBase (from synonym Hamigymnus melapterus (Bloch, 1791)) To FishBase (from synonym Labrus melampterus Bloch & Schneider, 1801) To FishBase (from synonym Labrichthys bicolor Day, 1871) To FishBase (from synonym Julis beraber Montrouzier, 1857) To FishBase (from synonym Julis boryii Lesson, 1831) To FishBase (from synonym Labrus malapterus Bloch, 1792) To Fishbase (from synonym Cheilolabrus magnilabris Alleyne & Macleay, 1877) To FishBase images (Hemigymnus melapterus, Maldives, by Randall, J.E.) To Fishipedia To GenBank (81 nucleotides; 80 proteins) To GenBank (81 nucleotides; 80 proteins) (from synonym Labrus melapterus Bloch, 1791) To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI) To IUCN Red List (Least Concern) To NMNH Extant Collection (Hemigymnus melapterus FIN029957 Slide 120 mm) To NMNH Extant Collection (Hemigymnus melapterus FIN029958 Slide 120 mm) To ITIS |
