WoRMS taxon details
Dermatolepis striolata (Playfair, 1867)
218195 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:218195)
accepted
Species
Dermatolepis aldabrensis Smith, 1955 · unaccepted
Dermatolepis striolatus (Playfair, 1867) · unaccepted (misspelling)
Serranus gibbosus Boulenger, 1888 · unaccepted
Serranus striolatus Playfair, 1867 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Serranus striolatus Playfair, 1867) Playfair, R. L.; Günther, A. (1867). The fishes of Zanzibar, with a list of the fishes of the whole east coast of Africa. <em>London.</em> i-xiv + 1-153, Pls. 1-21. [details]
Description A rare species seen on shallow waters to depths of 15 m. Morgans (1982, Ref. 6448) reports shoaling behavior in small...
Description A rare species seen on shallow waters to depths of 15 m. Morgans (1982, Ref. 6448) reports shoaling behavior in small groups (8 or fewer individuals). Examination of stomach contents reveal fish remains. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Dermatolepis striolata (Playfair, 1867). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=218195 on 2025-04-30
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Serranus gibbosus Boulenger, 1888) Boulenger, G. A. (1888). An account of the fishes obtained by Surgeon-Major A. S. G. Jayakar at Muscat, east coast of Arabia. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1887.</em> (pt 4): 653-667, Pl. 54.
page(s): 654 [details]
original description (of Serranus striolatus Playfair, 1867) Playfair, R. L.; Günther, A. (1867). The fishes of Zanzibar, with a list of the fishes of the whole east coast of Africa. <em>London.</em> i-xiv + 1-153, Pls. 1-21. [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]
page(s): 654 [details]
original description (of Serranus striolatus Playfair, 1867) Playfair, R. L.; Günther, A. (1867). The fishes of Zanzibar, with a list of the fishes of the whole east coast of Africa. <em>London.</em> i-xiv + 1-153, Pls. 1-21. [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]
Ecology
ecology source
Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details] 
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Description A rare species seen on shallow waters to depths of 15 m. Morgans (1982, Ref. 6448) reports shoaling behavior in small groups (8 or fewer individuals). Examination of stomach contents reveal fish remains. [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | smooth grouper | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (7 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Serranus gibbosus Boulenger, 1888)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Serranus striolatus Playfair, 1867)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Dermatolepis striolata)
To FishBase (from synonym Serranus striolatus Playfair, 1867)
To FishBase (from synonym Dermatolepis aldabrensis Smith, 1955)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Serranus gibbosus Boulenger, 1888)
To FishBase (from synonym Dermatolepis striolatus (Playfair, 1867))
To FishBase images (Dermatolepis striolata, Eritrea, by Randall, J.E.)
To GenBank (8 nucleotides; 5 proteins)
To GenBank (8 nucleotides; 5 proteins) (from synonym Serranus striolatus Playfair, 1867)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Dermatolepis striolata FIN033723 Slide 120 mm)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Serranus gibbosus Boulenger, 1888)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Serranus striolatus Playfair, 1867)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Dermatolepis striolata)
To FishBase (from synonym Serranus striolatus Playfair, 1867)
To FishBase (from synonym Dermatolepis aldabrensis Smith, 1955)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Serranus gibbosus Boulenger, 1888)
To FishBase (from synonym Dermatolepis striolatus (Playfair, 1867))
To FishBase images (Dermatolepis striolata, Eritrea, by Randall, J.E.)
To GenBank (8 nucleotides; 5 proteins)
To GenBank (8 nucleotides; 5 proteins) (from synonym Serranus striolatus Playfair, 1867)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Dermatolepis striolata FIN033723 Slide 120 mm)
To ITIS
