Pygoplites

Pygoplites diacanthus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Percoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii Infraclassis: Teleostei Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai Supercohors: Clupeocephala Cohors: Euteleosteomorpha Subcohors: Neoteleostei Infracohors: Eurypterygia Sectio: Ctenosquamata Subsectio: Acanthomorphata Divisio/Superordo: Acanthopterygii Subdivisio: Percomorphaceae Series: Eupercaria Ordo: Perciformes Subordo: Percoidei Superfamilia: Percoidea

Familia: Pomacanthidae
Genus: Pygoplites
Species: P. diacanthus

Name

Pygoplites Fraser-Brunner, 1933

• Gender: Masculine
• Type species: Chaetodon diacanthus Boddaert, 1772
  • Type by original designation (also monotypic)

References

• Boddaert, P. 1772: Van den Tweedornigen Klipfisch. De Chaetodonte diacantho descripto atque accuratissima icone illustrata. M. Magérus, Amsterdam. 1 pl.: 43 pp.
• Fraser-Brunner, A. 1933: A revision of the chaetodont fishes of the subfamily Pomacanthinae. Proceedings of the General Meetings for Scientific Business of the Zoological Society of London 1933 pt. 3 (30): 543–599, Pl. 1. DOI: 10.1111/j.1096-3642.1933.tb01608.x

Links

• Pygoplites – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
• Pygoplites in the World Register of Marine Species
• Pygoplites species list in FishBase,
  Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2024. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2024.
• Pygoplites and its species (including synonyms) in Catalog of Fishes, Eschmeyer, W.N., Fricke, R. & van der Laan, R. (eds.) 2024. Catalog of Fishes electronic version.

Vernacular names

Afrikaans: Koninklike engelvis
Deutsch: Pfauen-Kaiserfisch
ދިވެހިބަސް: ކުލަ ކޮކާމަސ
English: Royal angelfish, regal angelfish
suomi: Kirjokeisarikala
Nederlands: Pauwoogkeizersvis
русский: Королевский ангел
ไทย: ปลาสินสมุทรบั้งเหลือง
中文: 甲尻鱼

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