WoRMS taxon details
Cephalopholis boenak (Bloch, 1790)
AphiaID: 218182
AphiaID: 218182
| 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 | ||||||||||
| Parent | Cephalopholis Schneider, 1801 | ||||||||||
| Synonymised taxa |
Bodianus boenak Bloch, 1790 Cephalopholis boenack (Bloch, 1790) (misspelling) Cephalopholis boenacki (Bloch, 1790) (misspelling) Cephalopholis pachycentron (Valenciennes, 1828) Cephalopholis pachycentrum (Valenciennes, 1828) (misspelling) Epinephelus boelang (Valenciennes, 1828) Epinephelus boenack (Bloch, 1790) (misspelling) Epinephelus pachycentron (Valenciennes, 1828) Epinephelus pachycentrum (Valenciennes, 1828) (misspelling) Serranus boelang Valenciennes, 1828 Serranus boenak (Bloch, 1790) Serranus nigrofasciatus Hombron & Jacquinot, 1853 Serranus pachycentron Valenciennes, 1828 Serranus stigmapomus Richardson, 1846 | ||||||||||
| Sources |
basis of record: Anon. (1996). FishBase 96 [CD-ROM]. ICLARM: Los Baños, Philippines. 1 cd-rom pp. (look up in IMIS) [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 | Comores [details] Kenya [details] Madagascar [details] Mauritius [details] Mozambique [details] Reunion [details] Seychelles [details] Tanzania (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] | ||||||||||
| Links | To Barcode of Life (34 barcodes) To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) To Encyclopedia of Life To FishBase To GenBank (28 nucleotides; 44 proteins) To IUCN Red List To IUCN Red List To ITIS | ||||||||||
| Note |
Description: Inhabits silty dead reefs in protected waters. Also taken in trawls to depths of 64 m. Feeds mainly on crustaceans. Courtship and pair spawning were observed by Donaldson (1989, Ref. 6900). [details] | ||||||||||
| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:218182 | ||||||||||
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| Citation: Bailly, N. (2013). Cephalopholis boenak (Bloch, 1790). 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=218182 on 2013-05-20 | |||||||||||
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