Pygoplites

Life-forms

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. diacanthusName

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