WoRMS name details

Epinephelus caeruleopunctatus (Bloch, 1790)

218213  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:218213)

 unaccepted (misspelling)
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Holocentrus coeruleopunctatus Bloch, 1790) Bloch, M. E. (1790). Naturgeschichte der ausländischen Fische. <em>Berlin.</em> v. 4: i-xii + 1-128, Pls. 217-252. [Also a French edition, Ichthyologie, ou Histoire naturelle, générale et particulière des poissons, v. 7, published 1797.].
page(s): 94, Pl. 242 (fig. 2) [details] 
Description Occurs in coral rich areas of deep lagoons, channels and outer reef slopes; usually in or near caves. Juveniles are found...  
Description Occurs in coral rich areas of deep lagoons, channels and outer reef slopes; usually in or near caves. Juveniles are found in tidepools. Feeds on fish and crustaceans (Ref. 6113). [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Epinephelus caeruleopunctatus (Bloch, 1790). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=218213 on 2025-07-11
Date
action
by
1997-02-24 18:26:33Z
created
2009-06-15 15:21:11Z
changed
2009-06-16 07:05:49Z
changed
2023-01-17 15:33:01Z
changed

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Nomenclature

original description (of Holocentrus coeruleopunctatus Bloch, 1790) Bloch, M. E. (1790). Naturgeschichte der ausländischen Fische. <em>Berlin.</em> v. 4: i-xii + 1-128, Pls. 217-252. [Also a French edition, Ichthyologie, ou Histoire naturelle, générale et particulière des poissons, v. 7, published 1797.].
page(s): 94, Pl. 242 (fig. 2) [details] 

basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details] 

Other

additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

 
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

Unreviewed
Description Occurs in coral rich areas of deep lagoons, channels and outer reef slopes; usually in or near caves. Juveniles are found in tidepools. Feeds on fish and crustaceans (Ref. 6113). [details]
LanguageName 
English whitespotted grouper  [details]
Japanese ハクテンハタ  [details]