WoRMS taxon details
Epinephelus rivulatus (Valenciennes, 1830)
218216 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:218216)
accepted
Species
Epinephelus grammatophorus Boulenger, 1903 · unaccepted
Epinephelus homosinensis Whitley, 1944 · unaccepted
Epinephelus matterni Fowler, 1918 · unaccepted
Epinephelus raymondi Ogilby, 1908 · unaccepted
Epinephelus rhyncholepis (Bleeker, 1853) · unaccepted
Epinephelus spiramen Whitley, 1945 · unaccepted
Serranus rhyncholepis Bleeker, 1853 · unaccepted
Serranus rhyncolepis Bleeker, 1853 · unaccepted (misspelling)
Serranus rivulatus Valenciennes, 1830 · unaccepted
Serranus viridipinnis De Vis, 1884 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Serranus rivulatus Valenciennes, 1830) Cuvier, G. ; Valenciennes, A. (1830). Histoire naturelle des poissons. Tome Sixième. Livre sixième. Partie I. Des Sparoïdes; Partie II. Des Ménides. <em>Tome sixième. Livre sixième. Partie I. Des Sparoïdes; Partie II. Des Ménides.</em> v. 6: i-xxiv + 6 pp. + 1-559, Pls. 141-169. [Valenciennes is author of pp. 1-425, 493-559; Cuvier 426-491. i-xviii + 1-470 in Strasbourg ed.]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4436643 [details]
Description Occurs on coral reefs and rocky substrata to algal flats and seagrass beds. Feeds mainly on small fishes, crabs and...
Description Occurs on coral reefs and rocky substrata to algal flats and seagrass beds. Feeds mainly on small fishes, crabs and shrimps. Also caught with longlines. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Epinephelus rivulatus (Valenciennes, 1830). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=218216 on 2025-04-07
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Epinephelus grammatophorus Boulenger, 1903) Boulenger, G. A. (1903). Descriptions of six new perciform fishes from the coast of Natal. <em>Annals of the South African Museum.</em> v. 3 (pt 3): 63-67, Pls. 2-7. [details]
original description (of Epinephelus homosinensis Whitley, 1944) Whitley, G. P. (1944). New sharks and fishes from Western Australia. <em>Australian Zoologist.</em> 10 (3): 252-273. [details]
original description (of Epinephelus matterni Fowler, 1918) Fowler, H. W. (1918). New and little-known fishes from the Philippine Islands. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> v. 70: 2-71. [details]
original description (of Epinephelus spiramen Whitley, 1945) Whitley, G. P. (1945). New sharks and fishes from Western Australia. Part 2. <em>Australian Zoologist.</em> v. 11 (pt 1): 1-42, Pl. 1. [details]
original description (of Serranus rhyncholepis Bleeker, 1853) Bleeker, P. (1853). Derde bijdrage tot de kennis der ichthyologische fauna van Celebes. <em>Natuurkundig Tijdschrift voor Nederlandsch Indië.</em> v. 3 (no. 5): 739-782. [details]
original description (of Serranus rivulatus Valenciennes, 1830) Cuvier, G. ; Valenciennes, A. (1830). Histoire naturelle des poissons. Tome Sixième. Livre sixième. Partie I. Des Sparoïdes; Partie II. Des Ménides. <em>Tome sixième. Livre sixième. Partie I. Des Sparoïdes; Partie II. Des Ménides.</em> v. 6: i-xxiv + 6 pp. + 1-559, Pls. 141-169. [Valenciennes is author of pp. 1-425, 493-559; Cuvier 426-491. i-xviii + 1-470 in Strasbourg ed.]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4436643 [details]
original description (of Serranus viridipinnis De Vis, 1884) De Vis, C. W. (1884). On a new fish from Moreton Bay. <em>Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland.</em> v. 1 (pt 3): 144-147.
page(s): 144 [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 Epinephelus homosinensis Whitley, 1944) Whitley, G. P. (1944). New sharks and fishes from Western Australia. <em>Australian Zoologist.</em> 10 (3): 252-273. [details]
original description (of Epinephelus matterni Fowler, 1918) Fowler, H. W. (1918). New and little-known fishes from the Philippine Islands. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> v. 70: 2-71. [details]
original description (of Epinephelus spiramen Whitley, 1945) Whitley, G. P. (1945). New sharks and fishes from Western Australia. Part 2. <em>Australian Zoologist.</em> v. 11 (pt 1): 1-42, Pl. 1. [details]
original description (of Serranus rhyncholepis Bleeker, 1853) Bleeker, P. (1853). Derde bijdrage tot de kennis der ichthyologische fauna van Celebes. <em>Natuurkundig Tijdschrift voor Nederlandsch Indië.</em> v. 3 (no. 5): 739-782. [details]
original description (of Serranus rivulatus Valenciennes, 1830) Cuvier, G. ; Valenciennes, A. (1830). Histoire naturelle des poissons. Tome Sixième. Livre sixième. Partie I. Des Sparoïdes; Partie II. Des Ménides. <em>Tome sixième. Livre sixième. Partie I. Des Sparoïdes; Partie II. Des Ménides.</em> v. 6: i-xxiv + 6 pp. + 1-559, Pls. 141-169. [Valenciennes is author of pp. 1-425, 493-559; Cuvier 426-491. i-xviii + 1-470 in Strasbourg ed.]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4436643 [details]
original description (of Serranus viridipinnis De Vis, 1884) De Vis, C. W. (1884). On a new fish from Moreton Bay. <em>Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland.</em> v. 1 (pt 3): 144-147.
page(s): 144 [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 King, C.M.; Roberts, C.D.; Bell, B.D.; Fordyce, R.E.; Nicoll, R.S.; Worthy, T.H.; Paulin, C.D.; Hitchmough, R.A.; Keyes, I.W.; Baker, A.N.; Stewart, A.L.; Hiller, N.; McDowall, R.M.; Holdaway, R.N.; McPhee, R.P.; Schwarzhans, W.W.; Tennyson, A.J.D.; Rust, S.; Macadie, I. (2009). Phylum Chordata: lancelets, fishes, amphibians, reptiles, birds, mammals. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> pp. 431-554. [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 King, C.M.; Roberts, C.D.; Bell, B.D.; Fordyce, R.E.; Nicoll, R.S.; Worthy, T.H.; Paulin, C.D.; Hitchmough, R.A.; Keyes, I.W.; Baker, A.N.; Stewart, A.L.; Hiller, N.; McDowall, R.M.; Holdaway, R.N.; McPhee, R.P.; Schwarzhans, W.W.; Tennyson, A.J.D.; Rust, S.; Macadie, I. (2009). Phylum Chordata: lancelets, fishes, amphibians, reptiles, birds, mammals. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> pp. 431-554. [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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Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Description Occurs on coral reefs and rocky substrata to algal flats and seagrass beds. Feeds mainly on small fishes, crabs and shrimps. Also caught with longlines. [details]
To Barcode of Life (51 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Epinephelus matterni Fowler, 1918)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (15 publications) (from synonym Serranus rivulatus Valenciennes, 1830)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Epinephelus spiramen Whitley, 1945)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Epinephelus raymondi Ogilby, 1908)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Epinephelus homosinensis Whitley, 1944)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Epinephelus grammatophorus Boulenger, 1903)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Epinephelus rhyncholepis (Bleeker, 1853))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications) (from synonym Serranus rhyncholepis Bleeker, 1853)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Serranus rhyncholepis Bleeker, 1853)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Epinephelus rhyncholepis (Bleeker, 1853))
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Epinephelus rivulatus)
To FishBase (from synonym Epinephelus homosinensis Whitley, 1944)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Epinephelus grammatophorus Boulenger, 1903)
To FishBase (from synonym Epinephelus matterni Fowler, 1918)
To FishBase (from synonym Epinephelus raymondi Ogilby, 1908)
To FishBase (from synonym Epinephelus spiramen Whitley, 1945)
To FishBase (from synonym Epinephelus rhyncholepis (Bleeker, 1853))
To FishBase (from synonym Serranus rivulatus Valenciennes, 1830)
To FishBase (from synonym Serranus rhyncholepis Bleeker, 1853)
To FishBase (from synonym Serranus viridipinnis De Vis, 1884)
To FishBase (from synonym Serranus rhyncolepis Bleeker, 1853)
To FishBase images (Epinephelus rivulatus, Australia, by Randall, J.E.)
To GenBank (33 nucleotides; 26 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Epinephelus rivulatus FIN033880 Slide 120 mm)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Epinephelus rivulatus FIN033881 Slide 120 mm)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Epinephelus matterni Fowler, 1918)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (15 publications) (from synonym Serranus rivulatus Valenciennes, 1830)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Epinephelus spiramen Whitley, 1945)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Epinephelus raymondi Ogilby, 1908)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Epinephelus homosinensis Whitley, 1944)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Epinephelus grammatophorus Boulenger, 1903)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Epinephelus rhyncholepis (Bleeker, 1853))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications) (from synonym Serranus rhyncholepis Bleeker, 1853)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Serranus rhyncholepis Bleeker, 1853)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Epinephelus rhyncholepis (Bleeker, 1853))
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Epinephelus rivulatus)
To FishBase (from synonym Epinephelus homosinensis Whitley, 1944)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Epinephelus grammatophorus Boulenger, 1903)
To FishBase (from synonym Epinephelus matterni Fowler, 1918)
To FishBase (from synonym Epinephelus raymondi Ogilby, 1908)
To FishBase (from synonym Epinephelus spiramen Whitley, 1945)
To FishBase (from synonym Epinephelus rhyncholepis (Bleeker, 1853))
To FishBase (from synonym Serranus rivulatus Valenciennes, 1830)
To FishBase (from synonym Serranus rhyncholepis Bleeker, 1853)
To FishBase (from synonym Serranus viridipinnis De Vis, 1884)
To FishBase (from synonym Serranus rhyncolepis Bleeker, 1853)
To FishBase images (Epinephelus rivulatus, Australia, by Randall, J.E.)
To GenBank (33 nucleotides; 26 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Epinephelus rivulatus FIN033880 Slide 120 mm)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Epinephelus rivulatus FIN033881 Slide 120 mm)
To ITIS
