Life Science Identifier (LSID):

urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:de6498fc-1dfe-4681-9826-13147e516f86

LSIDs are persistent, location-independent,resource identifiers for uniquely naming biologically significant resources including species names, concepts, occurrences, genes or proteins, or data objects that encode information about them. To put it simply, LSIDs are a way to identify and locate pieces of biological information on the web.

Data Links

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WMS

To use WMS services, copy and paste the following GetCapabilities URL into your OGC client (e.g. uDIG, ESRI ArcGIS)
http://biocache.ala.org.au/ws/ogc/ows?q=species:Dischistodus melanotus
For higher taxa, this will give you a hierarchical listing of layers for each taxon.

RDF

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Further details

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Species presence: Recorded In Australia; Marine Habitats

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Source: Australian National Fish Collection Images
Image by: J.E. Randall
Rights: J.E. Randall

Description

The Black-vent Damsel is brown anterodorsally and white below. The upper half of the head is brown and the lower half is flecked with pink blotches and lines. There is a large black patch in front of the anal fin. source: Australian Museum Factsheets

Online resources

Australian Museum Factsheets: Description, Distribution, Morphology, Habitat
Australian National Fish Collection Images: Authoritative image
Encyclopedia of Life: Description, Video Page Url, Images
Lizard Island Research Station: Images, Occurrence record
Reef Life Survey Images: Images, Occurrence record
Seafood Services Australia: CAAB Code, Author

Species Lists

RLS profile v3: Diet: Algae; Distribution: West Pacific, Japan to Australia; Invasive: Not known to be invasive; Abundance: 9.897; Range: 129.968; Common_Name: Blackvent Damsel;Black-Vent damsel; Depth: (0–10 m); Max_size: 160 mm; Frequency: 24.074; Threats: No major threats to this species are known; Commercial_Uses: None, other than trivial captures for aquarium trade; IUCN_Threat_status: Not assessed

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Names and sources

Accepted name	Source
Dischistodus melanotus	Australian Faunal Directory

Synonyms

Synonyms	Source
Pomacentrus melanotus Bleeker, 1858	Australian Faunal Directory
Published in: Bleeker, P. 1858. Tiende bijdrage tot de kennis der vischfauna van Celebes. Acta Soc. Sci. Indo-Neerl. Vol. 3 pp. 1-16

Common Names

Common name	Source
Black-vent Damsel Is this a preferred common name for this species? YES \| NO	Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota Catalogue of Life: 2012 Annual Checklist Australian Faunal Directory
Blackvent Damsel Is this a preferred common name for this species? YES \| NO	Seafood Services Australia
Yellow Demoiselle Is this a preferred common name for this species? YES \| NO	Catalogue of Life: 2012 Annual Checklist

Working classification

kingdom: ANIMALIA

Occurrence records

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Name references found in the Biodiversity Heritage Library

Name references found in the TROVE - NLA

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Dischistodus melanotus (Bleeker, 1858)

Blackvent Damsel