Aphredoderus ornatus — (c) Ty Smith, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Ty Smith · iNaturalist. Found by name on iNaturalist, Wikimedia Commons and in the open-access papers that described the species (Plazi); click a picture for its credit and licence.

(c) Ty Smith, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Ty Smith · iNaturalist. Found by name on iNaturalist, Wikimedia Commons and in the open-access papers that described the species (Plazi); click a picture for its credit and licence.

Blackstripe pirate perch

Aphredoderus ornatus Muller & Simons, 2024

Recognised by FishBase v25.04 (fishbase.org), via cboettig/fishbase. The general catalogues (GBIF, iNaturalist, the Catalogue of Life) do not list it under this name yet: usually because it was described recently, or moved to a new genus, and they still file it under an older name. Everything gathered for it so far is below.

Lives infresh

Look for the species name “ornatus” across the library →

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Where it has been recorded

Recorded sightings

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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.

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In the stacks

Searching the stacks…

Every page naming Aphredoderus ornatus in the Biodiversity Heritage Library →

Source: FishBase v25.04 (fishbase.org), via cboettig/fishbase, fetched 2026-10-18.