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Cephalopholis Bloch & Schneider, 1801

AphiaID

206732 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:206732)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Typetaxon

Cephalopholis argus Schneider, 1801

Parent

Epinephelidae Bleeker, 1874

Direct children (28)

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Species Cephalopholis aitha Randall & Heemstra, 1991
Species Cephalopholis aotearoa Schwarzhans, 2019 †
Species Cephalopholis argus Schneider, 1801
Species Cephalopholis aurantia (Valenciennes, 1828)
Species Cephalopholis boenak (Bloch, 1790)
Species Cephalopholis colonus (Valenciennes, 1846)
Species Cephalopholis cruentata (Lacepède, 1802)
Species Cephalopholis cyanostigma (Valenciennes, 1828)
Species Cephalopholis formosa (Shaw, 1812)
Species Cephalopholis fulva (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Cephalopholis hemistiktos (Rüppell, 1830)
Species Cephalopholis igarashiensis Katayama, 1957
Species Cephalopholis leopardus (Lacepède, 1801)
Species Cephalopholis microprion (Bleeker, 1852)
Species Cephalopholis miniata (Forsskål, 1775)
Species Cephalopholis nigri (Günther, 1859)
Species Cephalopholis nigripinnis (Valenciennes, 1828)
Species Cephalopholis oligosticta Randall & Ben-Tuvia, 1983
Species Cephalopholis panamensis (Steindachner, 1876)
Species Cephalopholis polleni (Bleeker, 1868)
Species Cephalopholis polyspila Randall & Satapoomin, 2000
Species Cephalopholis sexmaculata (Rüppell, 1830)
Species Cephalopholis sonnerati (Valenciennes, 1828)
Species Cephalopholis spiloparaea (Valenciennes, 1828)
Species Cephalopholis taeniops (Valenciennes, 1828)
Species Cephalopholis urodeta (Forster, 1801)
Species Cephalopholis furcifer (Valenciennes, 1828) accepted as Paranthias furcifer (Valenciennes, 1828) (senior synonym)
Species Cephalopholis rogaa (Forsskål, 1775) accepted as Aethaloperca rogaa (Forsskål, 1775)

Environment

marine, brackish, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Original description

Not documented

Taxonomic citation

Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2024). FishBase. Cephalopholis Bloch & Schneider, 1801. Accessed through: Marine Species Traits editorial board (2024) Marine Species Traits at: https://www.marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=206732 on 2025-02-24

Thematic species database citation

Marine Species Traits editorial board (2025). Marine Species Traits. Cephalopholis Bloch & Schneider, 1801. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=206732 on 2025-02-24

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-06-06 22:00:00Z

created

Vanden Berghe, Edward

2006-09-07 06:51:43Z

changed

Martinez, Olga

2013-01-04 15:09:25Z

changed

Bailly, Nicolas

2014-11-21 13:09:37Z

changed

Bailly, Nicolas

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taxonomy source Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2025). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. <em>California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco.</em> Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2024., available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details]

context source (PeRMS) Hooker, Y. (2009). Nuevos registros de peces costeros tropicales para el Perú. [New records of coastal tropical fish in Peru]. Rev. peru. Biol. 16(1):033- 041. [details]

basis of record Neave, Sheffield Airey. (1939-1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus vol. 1-10 Online. <em>[Online Nomenclator Zoologicus at Checklistbank. Ubio link has gone].</em> , available online at https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/126539/about [details]

additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]