WoRMS taxon details
Cephalopholis argus Schneider, 1801
AphiaID: 218174
AphiaID: 218174
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Pisces (Superclass) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Perciformes (Order) > Serranidae (Family) > Epinephelinae (Subfamily) > Cephalopholis (Genus) |
| Status | accepted | ||||||||||||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | ||||||||||||||||
| Rank | Species | ||||||||||||||||
| Typetaxon of |
Cephalopholis Schneider, 1801 | ||||||||||||||||
| Parent | Cephalopholis Schneider, 1801 | ||||||||||||||||
| Synonymised taxa |
Bodianus guttatus Bloch, 1790 Bodianus jacobevertsen Lacepède, 1802 Bodianus jacob-evertsen Lacepède, 1802 (misspelling) Cephalopholis guttata (Bloch) Cephalopolis argus Schneider, 1801 (misspelling) Epinephelus argus (Schneider, 1801) Serranus guttatus (Bloch, 1790) Serranus immunerur Montrouzier, 1857 Serranus myriaster Valenciennes, 1828 Serranus thyrsites Saville-Kent, 1893 | ||||||||||||||||
| Sources |
basis of record: Anon. (1996). FishBase 96 [CD-ROM]. ICLARM: Los Baños, Philippines. 1 cd-rom pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] basis of record: Randall, J.E. (1992). Red Sea Reef Fishes. Immel Publishing. [details] additional source: FishBase, version december 2007, available online at http://www.fishbase.org [details] additional source: FishBase, version may 2009 [details] additional source: FishBase, version october 2012 [details] | ||||||||||||||||
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| Environment | marine, | ||||||||||||||||
| Distribution | Chagos [details] Comores [details] Djibouti [details] Eritrea [details] Kenya [details] Madagascar [details] Mauritius [details] Mozambique (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] Red Sea [details] Reunion [details] Rodriguez [details] Seychelles [details] Somalia [details] South Africa (country) [details] Tanzania [details] | ||||||||||||||||
| Links | To Barcode of Life (17 barcodes) To Biodiversity Heritage Library (52 publications) To Encyclopedia of Life To FishBase To GenBank (162 nucleotides; 127 proteins) To IUCN Red List To IUCN Red List To ITIS | ||||||||||||||||
| Note |
Description: 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] | ||||||||||||||||
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| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:218174 | ||||||||||||||||
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| Citation: Bailly, N. (2013). Cephalopholis argus 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=218174 on 2013-05-25 | |||||||||||||||||
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