WoRMS taxon details
Epinephelus morrhua (Valenciennes, 1833)
218201 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:218201)
accepted
Species
Cephalopholis morrhua (Valenciennes, 1833) · unaccepted
Epinephelus cometae Tanaka, 1927 · unaccepted
Serranus morrhua Valenciennes, 1833 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Serranus morrhua Valenciennes, 1833) Cuvier, G.; Valenciennes, A. (1833). Histoire naturelle des poissons. Tome neuvième. Suite du livre neuvième. Des Scombéroïdes. v. 9: i-xxix + 3 pp. + 1-512, Pls. 246-279. [Cuvier authored pp. 1-198, 330-359, 372-427; Valenciennes the balance. i-xxiv + 1-379 in Strasbourg edition. Pp. 429-512 contains additions and corrections for vols. 2 through 5.]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4427517 [details]
Description Known to be ciguatoxic at Mauritius. Considered rare in Tahiti but quite common in atolls (Ref. 4821). The species is...
Description Known to be ciguatoxic at Mauritius. Considered rare in Tahiti but quite common in atolls (Ref. 4821). The species is easily confused with @E. poecilonotus@, @E. radiatus@, or @E. tuamotuensis@, three closely related deep-water groupers. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Epinephelus morrhua (Valenciennes, 1833). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=218201 on 2025-03-27
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Serranus morrhua Valenciennes, 1833) Cuvier, G.; Valenciennes, A. (1833). Histoire naturelle des poissons. Tome neuvième. Suite du livre neuvième. Des Scombéroïdes. v. 9: i-xxix + 3 pp. + 1-512, Pls. 246-279. [Cuvier authored pp. 1-198, 330-359, 372-427; Valenciennes the balance. i-xxiv + 1-379 in Strasbourg edition. Pp. 429-512 contains additions and corrections for vols. 2 through 5.]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4427517 [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]
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] 
Other
context source (HKRMS)
Hong Kong marine fish database. <em>AFCD.</em> , available online at https://www.hk-fish.net/en/fish/introduction/ [details]
additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
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additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
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Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Description Known to be ciguatoxic at Mauritius. Considered rare in Tahiti but quite common in atolls (Ref. 4821). The species is easily confused with @E. poecilonotus@, @E. radiatus@, or @E. tuamotuensis@, three closely related deep-water groupers. [details]
To Barcode of Life (36 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Epinephelus cometae Tanaka, 1927)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (15 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (24 publications) (from synonym Serranus morrhua Valenciennes, 1833)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Serranus morrhua Valenciennes, 1833)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Epinephelus cometae Tanaka, 1927)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Epinephelus morrhua)
To FishBase (from synonym Epinephelus cometae Tanaka, 1927)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Serranus morrhua Valenciennes, 1833)
To FishBase (from synonym Cephalopholis morrhua (Valenciennes, 1833))
To FishBase images (Epinephelus morrhua, New Caledonia, by Justine, J.-L.)
To GenBank (56 nucleotides; 39 proteins)
To GenBank (56 nucleotides; 39 proteins) (from synonym Serranus morrhua Valenciennes, 1833)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Epinephelus morrhua FIN033847 Slide 120 mm)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Epinephelus morrhua USNM 403199 photograph lateral view)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Epinephelus cometae Tanaka, 1927)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (15 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (24 publications) (from synonym Serranus morrhua Valenciennes, 1833)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Serranus morrhua Valenciennes, 1833)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Epinephelus cometae Tanaka, 1927)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Epinephelus morrhua)
To FishBase (from synonym Epinephelus cometae Tanaka, 1927)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Serranus morrhua Valenciennes, 1833)
To FishBase (from synonym Cephalopholis morrhua (Valenciennes, 1833))
To FishBase images (Epinephelus morrhua, New Caledonia, by Justine, J.-L.)
To GenBank (56 nucleotides; 39 proteins)
To GenBank (56 nucleotides; 39 proteins) (from synonym Serranus morrhua Valenciennes, 1833)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Epinephelus morrhua FIN033847 Slide 120 mm)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Epinephelus morrhua USNM 403199 photograph lateral view)
To ITIS
