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Comet

Calloplesiops altivelis (Steindachner, 1903)

Status not recordedbony fish

The comet (Calloplesiops altivelis) is a species in the family Plesiopidae, order Perciformes.

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Quick facts about the comet

Weight
Not recorded
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the comet live?

Not recorded

Where has it been introduced?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the comet as introduced in 1 country.

  1. China

Introduced means brought by people and now present; invasive means the country's checklist records an impact. A species can be native to one part of a country and introduced in another. Source: Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species (CC BY 4.0).

Is the comet endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is the comet classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classTeleostei
  4. orderPerciformes
  5. familyPlesiopidae
  6. genusCalloplesiops
  7. SpeciesCalloplesiops altivelis (Steindachner, 1903)

Synonyms Barrosia barrosi, Callopresiops altivelis, Plesiops altivelis

Other names and names in other languages (32)
  • Marine bettaEnglish
  • KomeetAfrikaans
  • 瑰丽七夕鱼Chinese
  • oblohlav divukrásnýCzech
  • KometbarsDanish
  • MirakelfischGerman
  • ދުންތަރިމަސްDivehi
  • Pez cometa de aletas grandesSpanish
  • Silmlaik-komeetahvenEstonian
  • Cométe à Grandes NageoiresFrench
  • שחמי מפרשןHebrew
  • Betta marinaItalian
  • シモフリタナバタウオJapanese
  • MerakanMalay
  • RifwachterDutch
  • Assessor-cometa-indianoPortuguese
  • Белоточечный каллоплезиопсRussian
  • ปลากัดทะเลThai
  • Cá Sao chổiVietnamese
  • 海水鬥魚Chinese
  • MirakelfiskDanish
  • Silmlaik-ümarpeaahvenEstonian
  • Comète à grandes nageoiresFrench
  • Poisson-comète à grandes nageoiresFrench
  • Pesce cometaItalian
  • Shimofuri-tanabata-uoJapanese
  • ปลาครีบยาวจุดขาวThai
  • 孔雀七夕魚Chinese
  • 珍珠麗七夕魚Chinese
  • 珍珠麗鮗Chinese
  • 瑰麗七夕魚Chinese
  • 珍珠麗七夕魚(麗鮗、瑰麗七夕魚)Chinese

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the comet

Other species in the same genus Calloplesiops.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Is the comet an invasive species?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the comet as introduced in 1 country: China, but does not flag it as invasive in any of them.

What kind of animal is the comet?

The comet (Calloplesiops altivelis) belongs to the family Plesiopidae in the order Perciformes.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-13. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Comet (Calloplesiops altivelis). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/comet

MLA

“Comet (Calloplesiops altivelis).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/comet.

BibTeX
@misc{comet_2026,
  title = {Comet (Calloplesiops altivelis)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/comet},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-13}
}