WoRMS taxon details
Caesioperca lepidoptera (Forster, 1801)
280011 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:280011)
accepted
Species
Anthias richardsonii Günther, 1869 · unaccepted
Epinephelus lepidopterus Forster, 1801 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Epinephelus lepidopterus Forster, 1801) Bloch, M.E.; Schneider, J.G. (1801). M.E. Blochii, Systema Ichthyologiae iconibus cx illustratum. Post obitum auctoris opus inchoatum absolvit, correxit, interpolavit Jo. <em>Gottlob Schneider, Saxo. Berolini. Sumtibus Auctoris Impressum et Bibliopolio Sanderiano Commissum.</em> Pp i-lx + 1-584, Pls. 1-110., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/5750#/summary, https://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/getref.asp?id=471
page(s): 302 [details]
page(s): 302 [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Caesioperca lepidoptera (Forster, 1801). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=280011 on 2026-07-13
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Epinephelus lepidopterus Forster, 1801) Bloch, M.E.; Schneider, J.G. (1801). M.E. Blochii, Systema Ichthyologiae iconibus cx illustratum. Post obitum auctoris opus inchoatum absolvit, correxit, interpolavit Jo. <em>Gottlob Schneider, Saxo. Berolini. Sumtibus Auctoris Impressum et Bibliopolio Sanderiano Commissum.</em> Pp i-lx + 1-584, Pls. 1-110., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/5750#/summary, https://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/getref.asp?id=471
page(s): 302 [details]
page(s): 302 [details]
Ecology
ecology source
Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details] 
Other
additional source
Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
additional source King, C.M.; Roberts, C.D.; Bell, B.D.; Fordyce, R.E.; Nicoll, R.S.; Worthy, T.H.; Paulin, C.D.; Hitchmough, R.A.; Keyes, I.W.; Baker, A.N.; Stewart, A.L.; Hiller, N.; McDowall, R.M.; Holdaway, R.N.; McPhee, R.P.; Schwarzhans, W.W.; Tennyson, A.J.D.; Rust, S.; Macadie, I. (2009). Phylum Chordata: lancelets, fishes, amphibians, reptiles, birds, mammals. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> pp. 431-554. [details]
additional source King, C.M.; Roberts, C.D.; Bell, B.D.; Fordyce, R.E.; Nicoll, R.S.; Worthy, T.H.; Paulin, C.D.; Hitchmough, R.A.; Keyes, I.W.; Baker, A.N.; Stewart, A.L.; Hiller, N.; McDowall, R.M.; Holdaway, R.N.; McPhee, R.P.; Schwarzhans, W.W.; Tennyson, A.J.D.; Rust, S.; Macadie, I. (2009). Phylum Chordata: lancelets, fishes, amphibians, reptiles, birds, mammals. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> pp. 431-554. [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Barcode of Life (26 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Anthias richardsonii Günther, 1869)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Epinephelus lepidopterus Forster, 1801)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Caesioperca lepidoptera)
To FishBase (from synonym Anthias richardsonii Günther, 1869)
To FishBase (from synonym Epinephelus lepidopterus Forster, 1801)
To FishBase
To GenBank (5 nucleotides; 1 proteins) (from synonym Epinephelus lepidopterus Forster, 1801)
To GenBank (5 nucleotides; 1 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Caesioperca lepidoptera FIN033632 Slide 120 mm)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Caesioperca lepidoptera FIN033632B Slide 120 mm)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Anthias richardsonii Günther, 1869)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Epinephelus lepidopterus Forster, 1801)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Caesioperca lepidoptera)
To FishBase (from synonym Anthias richardsonii Günther, 1869)
To FishBase (from synonym Epinephelus lepidopterus Forster, 1801)
To FishBase
To GenBank (5 nucleotides; 1 proteins) (from synonym Epinephelus lepidopterus Forster, 1801)
To GenBank (5 nucleotides; 1 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Caesioperca lepidoptera FIN033632 Slide 120 mm)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Caesioperca lepidoptera FIN033632B Slide 120 mm)
To ITIS
Unreviewed
Hosted externally
Hosted externally
