WoRMS taxon details
Cephalopholis sonnerati (Valenciennes, 1828)
AphiaID: 218183
AphiaID: 218183
| 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 |
Cephalopholis purpureus Fourmanoir, 1966 Cephalopolis sonnerati (Valenciennes, 1828) (misspelling) Cepholopholis sonnerati (Valenciennes, 1828) (misspelling) Epinephelus janthinopterus Bleeker, 1873 Epinephelus sonnerati (Valenciennes, 1828) Epinephelus unicolor Bleeker, 1875 Serranus sonnerati Valenciennes, 1828 Serranus unicolor Liénard, 1874 Serranus zananella Valenciennes, 1828 | ||||||||||
| 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] Djibouti [details] Kenya [details] Madagascar (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] Mauritius [details] Mozambique [details] Reunion [details] Rodriguez [details] Seychelles [details] Somalia [details] South Africa (country) [details] Tanzania [details] | ||||||||||
| Host of |
Lepeophtheirus epinepheli Ho & Dojiri, 1977 (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
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| Links | To Barcode of Life (31 barcodes) To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications) To Encyclopedia of Life To FishBase To GenBank (50 nucleotides; 37 proteins) To IUCN Red List To IUCN Red List To ITIS | ||||||||||
| Note |
Description: Occurs in deep lagoon reefs and steep outer reef slopes; encountered in coastal areas with rocky substrates. Usually caught in depths of 30 to 100 m, but in Madagascar, it occurs in depths of 10 to 20 m. Feeds on small fishes and crustaceans. Females mature at about 28 cm SL and males at about 34 cm SL (Ref. 6448). Generally marketed fresh (Ref. 5284). [details] | ||||||||||
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| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:218183 | ||||||||||
| Taxonomic Edit history |
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| Citation: Bailly, N. (2013). Cephalopholis sonnerati (Valenciennes, 1828). 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=218183 on 2013-06-19 | |||||||||||
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