WoRMS taxon details
Cephalopholis colonus (Valenciennes, 1846)
1750630 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1750630)
accepted
Species
Epinephelus colonus (Valenciennes, 1846) · unaccepted > superseded combination (senior synonym)
Paranthias colonus (Valenciennes, 1846) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Paranthias pinguis Walford, 1936 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Serranus colonus Valenciennes, 1846 · unaccepted > superseded combination
marine, fresh, terrestrial
(of Serranus colonus Valenciennes, 1846) Valenciennes, A. (1846). Ichthyologie. <em>In: A. du Petit-Thouars. Atlas de Zoologie. Voyage autour du monde sur la frégate "Vénus," pendant les années 1836-1839. Gide, Paris.</em> 1 Table + Pls. 1-10. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Cephalopholis colonus (Valenciennes, 1846). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1750630 on 2025-04-22
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Serranus colonus Valenciennes, 1846) Valenciennes, A. (1846). Ichthyologie. <em>In: A. du Petit-Thouars. Atlas de Zoologie. Voyage autour du monde sur la frégate "Vénus," pendant les années 1836-1839. Gide, Paris.</em> 1 Table + Pls. 1-10. [details]
original description (of Paranthias pinguis Walford, 1936) Walford, L. A. (1936). Contributions from the Fleischmann expedition along the west coast of Mexico. [with three subtitles]. <em>Occasional Papers of the Santa Barbara Museum.</em> v. 4: 1-10. [details]
basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
original description (of Paranthias pinguis Walford, 1936) Walford, L. A. (1936). Contributions from the Fleischmann expedition along the west coast of Mexico. [with three subtitles]. <em>Occasional Papers of the Santa Barbara Museum.</em> v. 4: 1-10. [details]
basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | Pacific creolefish [from synonym] | [details] |
| Spanish | sandía [from synonym] | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (69 barcodes) (from synonym Paranthias colonus (Valenciennes, 1846))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Paranthias pinguis Walford, 1936)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Paranthias colonus (Valenciennes, 1846))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications) (from synonym Serranus colonus Valenciennes, 1846)
To Digital Atlas Of Marine Species & Locations, DAMSL (Pacific Creolefish) (from synonym Paranthias colonus (Valenciennes, 1846))
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Paranthias colonus) (from synonym Paranthias colonus (Valenciennes, 1846))
To FishBase (from synonym Serranus colonus Valenciennes, 1846)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Paranthias colonus (Valenciennes, 1846))
To FishBase (from synonym Paranthias pinguis Walford, 1936)
To FishBase images (Paranthias colonus, Galapagos Is., by Randall, J.E.) (from synonym Paranthias colonus (Valenciennes, 1846))
To Fishipedia
To GenBank (29 nucleotides; 20 proteins)
To GenBank (29 nucleotides; 20 proteins) (from synonym Paranthias colonus (Valenciennes, 1846))
To GenBank (29 nucleotides; 20 proteins) (from synonym Serranus colonus Valenciennes, 1846)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Paranthias pinguis Walford, 1936)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Paranthias colonus (Valenciennes, 1846))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications) (from synonym Serranus colonus Valenciennes, 1846)
To Digital Atlas Of Marine Species & Locations, DAMSL (Pacific Creolefish) (from synonym Paranthias colonus (Valenciennes, 1846))
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Paranthias colonus) (from synonym Paranthias colonus (Valenciennes, 1846))
To FishBase (from synonym Serranus colonus Valenciennes, 1846)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Paranthias colonus (Valenciennes, 1846))
To FishBase (from synonym Paranthias pinguis Walford, 1936)
To FishBase images (Paranthias colonus, Galapagos Is., by Randall, J.E.) (from synonym Paranthias colonus (Valenciennes, 1846))
To Fishipedia
To GenBank (29 nucleotides; 20 proteins)
To GenBank (29 nucleotides; 20 proteins) (from synonym Paranthias colonus (Valenciennes, 1846))
To GenBank (29 nucleotides; 20 proteins) (from synonym Serranus colonus Valenciennes, 1846)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
