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Cephalopholis Schneider, 1801 
AphiaID: 206732

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Pisces (Superclass) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Perciformes (Order) > Serranidae (Family) > Epinephelinae (Subfamily)
Status accepted
Record
status
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Rank Genus
Typetaxon Cephalopholis argus Schneider, 1801
Parent Epinephelinae
Synonymised
taxa
  Cephalopolis (misspelling)
Cepholopholis (misspelling)
Petrometopon
Sources  basis of record: Nomenclator Zoologicus, available online at http://uio.mbl.edu/NomenclatorZoologicus/ [details]

additional source: FishBase, version october 2012 [details]

from synonym: FishBase, version december 2007, available online at http://www.fishbase.org [details] [view taxon]

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 Species Cephalopholis aitha Randall & Heemstra, 1991
Species Cephalopholis argus Schneider, 1801
Species Cephalopholis aurantia (Valenciennes, 1828)
Species Cephalopholis boenak (Bloch, 1790)
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, 1877)
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 acanthistius (Gilbert, 1892) accepted as Hyporthodus acanthistius (Gilbert, 1892)
Species Cephalopholis albomarginatus Fowler & Bean, 1930 accepted as Gracila albomarginata (Fowler & Bean, 1930)
Species Cephalopholis analis (Valenciennes, 1828) accepted as Cephalopholis aurantia (Valenciennes, 1828)
Species Cephalopholis aurantius (Valenciennes, 1828) accepted as Cephalopholis aurantia (Valenciennes, 1828)
Species Cephalopholis boenack (Bloch, 1790) accepted as Cephalopholis boenak (Bloch, 1790)
Species Cephalopholis boenacki (Bloch, 1790) accepted as Cephalopholis boenak (Bloch, 1790)
Species Cephalopholis boninius Jordan & Thompson, 1914 accepted as Cephalopholis miniata (Forsskål, 1775)
Species Cephalopholis coatesi Whitley, 1937 accepted as Cephalopholis sexmaculata (Rüppell, 1830)
Species Cephalopholis cruentatus (Lacepède, 1802) accepted as Cephalopholis cruentata (Lacepède, 1802)
Species Cephalopholis formosanus Tanaka, 1911 accepted as Cephalopholis miniata (Forsskål, 1775)
Species Cephalopholis fulvus (Linnaeus, 1758) accepted as Cephalopholis fulva (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Cephalopholis gibbus Fourmanoir, 1955 accepted as Cephalopholis sexmaculata (Rüppell, 1830)
Species Cephalopholis guttata (Bloch) accepted as Cephalopholis argus Schneider, 1801
Species Cephalopholis igarasiensis Katayama, 1957 accepted as Cephalopholis igarashiensis Katayama, 1957
Species Cephalopholis indelibilis (Fowler, 1904) accepted as Cephalopholis aurantia (Valenciennes, 1828)
Species Cephalopholis kendalli Evermann & Seale, 1907 accepted as Cephalopholis cyanostigma (Valenciennes, 1828)
Species Cephalopholis leoparda (Lacepède, 1801) accepted as Cephalopholis leopardus (Lacepède, 1801)
Species Cephalopholis maculatus Seale & Bean, 1907 accepted as Cephalopholis miniata (Forsskål, 1775)
Species Cephalopholis malabaricus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801) accepted as Epinephelus malabaricus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
Species Cephalopholis megachir (Richardson, 1846) accepted as Epinephelus quoyanus (Valenciennes, 1830)
Species Cephalopholis merra (Bloch, 1793) accepted as Epinephelus merra Bloch, 1793
Species Cephalopholis miniatus (Forsskål, 1775) accepted as Cephalopholis miniata (Forsskål, 1775)
Species Cephalopholis moara (Temminck & Schlegel, 1842) accepted as Epinephelus bruneus Bloch, 1793
Species Cephalopholis morrhua (Valenciennes, 1833) accepted as Epinephelus morrhua (Valenciennes, 1833)
Species Cephalopholis nebulosus (Valenciennes, 1828) accepted as Epinephelus coioides (Hamilton, 1822)
Species Cephalopholis nigripinna (Valenciennes, 1828) accepted as Cephalopholis nigripinnis (Valenciennes, 1828)
Species Cephalopholis obtusauris Evermann & Seale, 1907 accepted as Cephalopholis aurantia (Valenciennes, 1828)
Species Cephalopholis obtusaurus Evermann & Seale, 1907 accepted as Cephalopholis aurantia (Valenciennes, 1828)
Species Cephalopholis pachycentron (Valenciennes, 1828) accepted as Cephalopholis boenak (Bloch, 1790)
Species Cephalopholis pachycentrum (Valenciennes, 1828) accepted as Cephalopholis boenak (Bloch, 1790)
Species Cephalopholis popino Walford, 1936 accepted as Hyporthodus acanthistius (Gilbert, 1892)
Species Cephalopholis purpureus Fourmanoir, 1966 accepted as Cephalopholis sonnerati (Valenciennes, 1828)
Species Cephalopholis rogaa (Forsskål, 1775) accepted as Aethaloperca rogaa (Forsskål, 1775)
Species Cephalopholis sexfasciatus (Valenciennes, 1828) accepted as Epinephelus sexfasciatus (Valenciennes, 1828)
Species Cephalopholis sexmaculatus (Rüppell, 1830) accepted as Cephalopholis sexmaculata (Rüppell, 1830)
Species Cephalopholis spiloparae (Valenciennes, 1828) accepted as Cephalopholis spiloparaea (Valenciennes, 1828)
Species Cephalopholis swanius Tsai, 1960 accepted as Cephalopholis igarashiensis Katayama, 1957
Species Cephalopholis tauvina (Forsskål, 1775) accepted as Epinephelus tauvina (Forsskål, 1775)
Species Cephalopholis undulosus (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824) accepted as Epinephelus undulosus (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824)
Species Cephalopholis urodela (Valenciennes, 1828) accepted as Cephalopholis urodeta (Forster, 1801)
Species Cephalopholis urodelus (Valenciennes, 1828) accepted as Cephalopholis urodeta (Forster, 1801)
Species Cephalopholis urodelus (Forster, 1801) accepted as Cephalopholis urodeta (Forster, 1801)
Species Cephalopholis virgatus Fourmanoir, 1955 accepted as Cephalopholis polleni (Bleeker, 1868)
Species Cephalopholis xanthopterus Allen & Starck, 1975 accepted as Cephalopholis cyanostigma (Valenciennes, 1828)
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Cephalopholis argus
[image from typetaxon]
Cephalopholis argus
added on 2008-08-20 - author: Collection Georges Declercq
qualitystatus: not checked
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:206732
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Date   action   by
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
  
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  Citation: Bailly, N. (2013). Cephalopholis Schneider, 1801. In: Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2013) FishBase. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=206732 on 2013-05-19
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