Species details : Hemigymnus melapterus (Bloch, 1791)

Accepted scientific name:
Hemigymnus melapterus (Bloch, 1791) (accepted name) 1 literature reference for Hemigymnus melapterus (Bloch, 1791)
Synonyms:
Cheilolabrus magnilabris Alleyne & Macleay, 1877 (synonym) 1 literature reference for Cheilolabrus magnilabris Alleyne & Macleay, 1877
Halichoeres melapterus (Bloch, 1791) (synonym) 1 literature reference for Halichoeres melapterus (Bloch, 1791)
Hamigymnus melapterus (Bloch, 1791) (synonym) 1 literature reference for Hamigymnus melapterus (Bloch, 1791)
Hemigymnus melanopterus Günther, 1862 (synonym) 1 literature reference for Hemigymnus melanopterus Günther, 1862
Hemigymnus melapturus (Bloch, 1791) (synonym) 1 literature reference for Hemigymnus melapturus (Bloch, 1791)
Julis beraber Montrouzier, 1857 (synonym) 1 literature reference for Julis beraber Montrouzier, 1857
Julis boryii Lesson, 1831 (synonym) 1 literature reference for Julis boryii Lesson, 1831
Labrichthys bicolor Day, 1871 (synonym) 1 literature reference for Labrichthys bicolor Day, 1871
Labrus malapterus Bloch, 1792 (synonym) 1 literature reference for Labrus malapterus Bloch, 1792
Labrus melampterus Bloch & Schneider, 1801 (synonym) 1 literature reference for Labrus melampterus Bloch & Schneider, 1801
Labrus melapterus Bloch, 1791 (synonym) 1 literature reference for Labrus melapterus Bloch, 1791
Sparus niger Lacepède, 1802 (synonym) 1 literature reference for Sparus niger Lacepède, 1802
Tautoga melapterus Valenciennes, 1839 (synonym) 1 literature reference for Tautoga melapterus Valenciennes, 1839
Common names:
Common name Transliteration Language Country
Swartoog-dikbek - Afrikaans South Africa Click here to show the literature reference
Mem - Carolinian - Click here to show the literature reference
Ngiuwel - Carolinian Micronesia Click here to show the literature reference
Blackedge thicklip wrasse - English Guam Click here to show the literature reference
Blackedge thicklip wrasse - English Micronesia Click here to show the literature reference
Blackeye thicklip - English - Click here to show the literature reference
Blackeye thicklip - English Australia Click here to show the literature reference
Blackeye thicklip - English Micronesia Click here to show the literature reference
Blackeye thicklip - English South Africa Click here to show the literature reference
Half-and-half thicklip - English USA Click here to show the literature reference
Half-and-half wrasse - English Guam Click here to show the literature reference
Half-and-half wrasse - English Indonesia Click here to show the literature reference
Half-and-half wrasse - English Micronesia Click here to show the literature reference
Half-half thicklip - English Indonesia Click here to show the literature reference
Thick-lipped wrasse - English Papua New Guinea Click here to show the literature reference
Thicklip wrasse - English Christmas I. Click here to show the literature reference
Labre à grosses lèvres - French Maldives Click here to show the literature reference
Mamselle Adèle - French Seychelles Click here to show the literature reference
Tamarin - French Seychelles Click here to show the literature reference
Tamarin vert - French - Click here to show the literature reference
Tarekuchi-bera - Japanese Japan Click here to show the literature reference
Arinai - Kiribati Kiribati(Gilbert Islands) Click here to show the literature reference
Bayan - Malay (individual language) Malaysia Click here to show the literature reference
Ikan becok - Malay (individual language) Christmas I. Click here to show the literature reference
Kenari - Malay (individual language) Indonesia Click here to show the literature reference
Kenari biasa - Malay (individual language) Indonesia Click here to show the literature reference
Thokka - Malayalam India(Laccadives Island) Click here to show the literature reference
തൊക്ക - Malayalam India
തോക്ക - Malayalam India
黑鰭厚唇魚 Ei ci hou chun yu Mandarin Chinese China Click here to show the literature reference
黑鰭厚唇魚 Ei ci hou chun yu Mandarin Chinese Taiwan Click here to show the literature reference
黑鳍厚唇鱼 Ei qi hou chun yu Mandarin Chinese China Click here to show the literature reference
Awaawa - Misima-Paneati Papua New Guinea Click here to show the literature reference
Tamarino verde - Portuguese Mozambique Click here to show the literature reference
Sugale-aloa - Samoan Samoa Click here to show the literature reference
Sugale-laugutu - Samoan Samoa Click here to show the literature reference
Sugale-lupe - Samoan Samoa Click here to show the literature reference
Sugale-uli - Samoan Samoa Click here to show the literature reference
Maabiyo - Somali Somalia Click here to show the literature reference
Tamarin verde - Spanish - Click here to show the literature reference
Pono - Swahili (individual language) Tanzania Click here to show the literature reference
Po'ou - Tahitian Tahiti Click here to show the literature reference
Labayan - Visayan Philippines Click here to show the literature reference
Lupet - Visayan Philippines Click here to show the literature reference
Classification:
Kingdom Animalia CoL
Phylum Chordata CoL
Class Actinopterygii FishBase
Order Perciformes FishBase
Family Labridae FishBase
Genus Hemigymnus FishBase
Distribution: Indo-Pacific: Red Sea and East Africa to Micronesia, Samoa (Ref. 2334), and Polynesia (Ref. 9823).
Lifezones: Marine
Additional data: -
Latest taxonomic scrutiny: 19-May-2014
Source database: FishBase, Jan 2015   99%
Bibliographic citation: Froese R. & Pauly D. (eds) (2025). FishBase (version Jan 2015). In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life, 2015 Annual Checklist (Roskov Y., Abucay L., Orrell T., Nicolson D., Kunze T., Flann C., Bailly N., Kirk P., Bourgoin T., DeWalt R.E., Decock W., De Wever A., eds). Digital resource at www.catalogueoflife.org/col. Species 2000: Naturalis, Leiden, the Netherlands. ISSN 2405-8858.
Online resource: http://www.fishbase.org/Summary/SpeciesSummary.php?ID=5636
CoL taxon LSID: urn:lsid:catalogueoflife.org:taxon:27d14396-c365-11e4-869f-239583ce8323:col20150401

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