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Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorCephalopholis argus Schneider, 1801 
AphiaID: 218174

Classification: Biota > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorAnimalia (Kingdom) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorChordata (Phylum) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorVertebrata (Subphylum) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorGnathostomata (Superclass) > Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorPisces (Superclass) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorActinopterygii (Class) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorPerciformes (Order) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorPercoidei (Suborder) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorSerranidae (Family) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorEpinephelinae (Subfamily) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorCephalopholis (Genus) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorCephalopholis argus (Species)
Status accepted
Rank Species
Typetaxon of  Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorCephalopholis Bloch & Schneider, 1801
Parent Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorCephalopholis Bloch & Schneider, 1801
Orig. name Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorCephalopholis argus Schneider, 1801
Synonymised
names		  Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorBodianus guttatus Bloch, 1790
 Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorBodianus jacobevertsen Lacepède, 1802
 Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorBodianus jacob-evertsen Lacepède, 1802 (misspelling)
 Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorCephalopholis guttata (Bloch)
 Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorCephalopolis argus Schneider, 1801 (misspelling)
 Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorEpinephelus argus (Schneider, 1801)
 Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorSerranus guttatus (Bloch, 1790)
 Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorSerranus immunerur Montrouzier, 1857
 Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorSerranus myriaster Valenciennes, 1828
 Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorSerranus thyrsites Saville-Kent, 1893
Sources  basis of record Randall, J.E. (1992). Red Sea Reef Fishes. Immel Publishing. [details]

[show all]
Vernacular
Names		 
Language   Name 
English Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorpeacock hindUnreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorpeacock grouper  [details]
Japanese Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorアオノメハタ  [details]
Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Distribution 
From regional or thematic species database
North Atlantic Ocean
Trusted: edited by a thematic editorUnited States part of the North Atlantic Ocean (origin: alien) [details]
United States
Trusted: edited by a thematic editorFlorida (origin: alien) [details]
From other sources
Comores
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorComores [details]
Djibouti
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorDjibouti [details]
Eritrea
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorEritrea [details]
Federal Republic of Somalia
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorSomalia [details]
Indian Ocean
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorChagos [details]
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorReunion [details]
Kenya
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorKenya [details]
Madagascar
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorMadagascar [details]
Mozambique
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorMozambique [details]
Red Sea
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorRed Sea [details]
Republic of Mauritius
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorMauritius [details]
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorRodriguez [details]
Seychelles
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorSeychelles [details]
South Africa
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorSouth Africa (country) [details]
Tanzania
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorTanzania [details]
Host of  Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorProsorhynchus robertsthomsoni Bott & Cribb, 2009 (parasitic: endoparasitic)
Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorPseudorhabdosynochus argus Justine, 2007 (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
Links Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorTo Barcode of Life (29 barcodes) 
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorTo Biodiversity Heritage Library (59 publications) 
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorTo Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) 
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorTo Encyclopedia of Life 
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorTo FishBase 
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorTo GenBank (162 nucleotides; 127 proteins) 
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorTo Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI) 
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorTo IUCN Red List 
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorTo IUCN Red List 
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorTo ITIS
Note 
From other sources
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorDescription Found in a variety of coral habitats from tide pools to depths of at least 40 m; prefers the 1 to 10 m reef zone. Feeds mainly on fishes (75 - 95%) and to a lesser extent on crustaceans. In the Red Sea, it feeds early in the morning and late afternoon (Ref. 6775); but at Madagascar, it appears to feed more at night (Ref. 6774). Implicated in ciguatera at some of the islands in Pacific region.  [details]
Images Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editor[show unreviewed]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:218174
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
Date   action   by
1997-02-24 18:26:33Z  created  Vanden Berghe, Edward
1998-06-10 10:27:05Z  changed  Fondo, Esther
2008-01-15 17:27:08Z  changed  Bailly, Nicolas
2013-01-08 10:48:02Z  changed  Bailly, Nicolas
  
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  Citation: Bailly, N. (2013). Cephalopholis argus. In: Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2017). FishBase. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=218174 on 2017-08-17
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