Accepted scientific name:
Desmodema polystictum (Ogilby, 1898) (accepted name) 1 literature reference for Desmodema polystictum (Ogilby, 1898)
Synonyms:
Trachipterus misakiensis Tanaka, 1908 (synonym) 1 literature reference for Trachipterus misakiensis Tanaka, 1908
Trachipterus polystictus (Ogilby, 1898) (synonym) 1 literature reference for Trachipterus polystictus (Ogilby, 1898)
Trachipterus woodi Smith, 1953 (synonym) 1 literature reference for Trachipterus woodi Smith, 1953
Trachypterus jacksoniensis polystictus Ogilby, 1898 (synonym) 1 literature reference for Trachypterus jacksoniensis polystictus Ogilby, 1898
Common names:
Common name Language Country
Gespikkelde lintvis Afrikaans South Africa Click here to show the literature
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Plettet vågmær Danish Denmark Click here to show the literature
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Dealfish English Australia Click here to show the literature
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Dealfish English New Zealand Click here to show the literature
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Polka-dot ribbonfish English Australia Click here to show the literature
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Polka-dot ribbonfish English Cuba Click here to show the literature
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Polka-dot ribbonfish English South Africa Click here to show the literature
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Polka-dot ribbonfish English United Kingdom Click here to show the literature
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Polka-dot ribbonfish English USA Click here to show the literature
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Polkadot ribbonfish English Cuba Click here to show the literature
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Polkadot ribbonfish English USA Click here to show the literature
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Spotted ribbonfish English Australia Click here to show the literature
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Spotted ribbonfish English Papua New Guinea Click here to show the literature
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Furisode-uo Japanese Japan Click here to show the literature
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多斑带粗鳍鱼 Mandarin Chinese China Click here to show the literature
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多斑帶粗鰭魚 Mandarin Chinese Taiwan Click here to show the literature
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多斑扇尾魚 Mandarin Chinese China Click here to show the literature
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多斑扇尾鱼 Mandarin Chinese China Click here to show the literature
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多斑粗鰭魚 Mandarin Chinese China Click here to show the literature
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多斑粗鳍鱼 Mandarin Chinese China Click here to show the literature
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Cinta Spanish Mexico Click here to show the literature
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Classification:
Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Actinopterygii
Order Lampriformes
Family Trachipteridae
Genus Desmodema
Distribution: Western Pacific: Japan, Taiwan (Ref. 5193), Philippines, Australia, New Zealand (Ref. 5755). Eastern Atlantic: 16°11'N (ISH unpublished) to Namibia (Ref. 4506) and South Africa (one specimen washed ashore at Xora River and 1 found in the tide pool at Simonstown, False Bay). Western Atlantic: Florida, USA and Cuba (Ref. 7251). Probably circumtropical.
Additional data: Year (Ref. 7442).
Source database: FishBase, Jan 2011
Latest taxonomic scrutiny: -
Online resource: http://www.fishbase.org/Summary/SpeciesSummary.php?ID=3263
CoL taxon LSID: urn:lsid:catalogueoflife.org:taxon:2126f0ba-60a7-102d-be47-00304854f810:col20110201