WoRMS taxon details
Cephalopholis polleni (Bleeker, 1868)
218175 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:218175)
accepted
Species
Aethaloperca polleni (Bleeker, 1868) · unaccepted
Cephalopholis virgatus Fourmanoir, 1955 · unaccepted
Epinephelus polleni Bleeker, 1868 · unaccepted
Gracila okinawae Katayama, 1974 · unaccepted
Gracila polleni (Bleeker, 1868) · unaccepted
Gracilia polleni (Bleeker, 1868) · unaccepted (misspelling)
Plectropoma lineatum Bliss, 1883 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Epinephelus polleni Bleeker, 1868) Bleeker, P. (1868). Description de deux espèces inédites d'Epinephelus rapportées de l'île de la Réunion par M.M. Pollen et van Dam. <em>Verslagen en Mededeelingen der Koninklijke Akademie van Wetenschappen. Afdeeling Natuurkunde (Ser. 2).</em> v. 2: 336-341.
page(s): 336 [details]
page(s): 336 [details]
Description Occurs only at oceanic islands. Inhabits clear waters of steep drop-offs; rarely seen in less than 30 m. It has been taken...
Description Occurs only at oceanic islands. Inhabits clear waters of steep drop-offs; rarely seen in less than 30 m. It has been taken in depths of 120 m and may occur deeper. Also found in caves and crevices. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Cephalopholis polleni (Bleeker, 1868). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=218175 on 2025-05-01
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Gracila okinawae Katayama, 1974) Katayama, M. (1974). Serranid fishes of the Okinawa Islands (II). <em>Bulletin of the Faculty of Education Yamaguchi University.</em> 24 (pt 2): 99-112. [details]
original description (of Epinephelus polleni Bleeker, 1868) Bleeker, P. (1868). Description de deux espèces inédites d'Epinephelus rapportées de l'île de la Réunion par M.M. Pollen et van Dam. <em>Verslagen en Mededeelingen der Koninklijke Akademie van Wetenschappen. Afdeeling Natuurkunde (Ser. 2).</em> v. 2: 336-341.
page(s): 336 [details]
original description (of Cephalopholis virgatus Fourmanoir, 1955) Fourmanoir, P. (1955). Ichthyologie et pêche aux Comores. Mémoires de l'Institut Scientifique de Madagascar. <em>Série A, Biologie Animale.</em> v. 9: 187-239. [Dated 1954 but apparently published in 1955.]. [details]
original description (of Plectropoma lineatum Bliss, 1883) Bliss, R. (1883). Descriptions of new species of Mauritian fishes. <em>Transactions of the Royal Society of Arts and Sciences of Mauritius (N. S.).</em> v. 13: 45-63.
page(s): 45 [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]
original description (of Epinephelus polleni Bleeker, 1868) Bleeker, P. (1868). Description de deux espèces inédites d'Epinephelus rapportées de l'île de la Réunion par M.M. Pollen et van Dam. <em>Verslagen en Mededeelingen der Koninklijke Akademie van Wetenschappen. Afdeeling Natuurkunde (Ser. 2).</em> v. 2: 336-341.
page(s): 336 [details]
original description (of Cephalopholis virgatus Fourmanoir, 1955) Fourmanoir, P. (1955). Ichthyologie et pêche aux Comores. Mémoires de l'Institut Scientifique de Madagascar. <em>Série A, Biologie Animale.</em> v. 9: 187-239. [Dated 1954 but apparently published in 1955.]. [details]
original description (of Plectropoma lineatum Bliss, 1883) Bliss, R. (1883). Descriptions of new species of Mauritian fishes. <em>Transactions of the Royal Society of Arts and Sciences of Mauritius (N. S.).</em> v. 13: 45-63.
page(s): 45 [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]
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
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Description Occurs only at oceanic islands. Inhabits clear waters of steep drop-offs; rarely seen in less than 30 m. It has been taken in depths of 120 m and may occur deeper. Also found in caves and crevices. [details]
To Barcode of Life (9 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Gracila polleni (Bleeker, 1868))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Epinephelus polleni Bleeker, 1868)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Gracila polleni (Bleeker, 1868))
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Cephalopholis polleni)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Aethaloperca polleni (Bleeker, 1868))
To FishBase (from synonym Cephalopholis virgatus Fourmanoir, 1955)
To FishBase (from synonym Plectropoma lineatum Bliss, 1883)
To FishBase (from synonym Gracilia polleni (Bleeker, 1868))
To FishBase (from synonym Gracila okinawae Katayama, 1974)
To FishBase (from synonym Gracila polleni (Bleeker, 1868))
To FishBase (from synonym Epinephelus polleni Bleeker, 1868)
To FishBase images (Cephalopholis polleni, Indonesia, by Randall, J.E.)
To GenBank (13 nucleotides; 8 proteins)
To GenBank (13 nucleotides; 8 proteins) (from synonym Epinephelus polleni Bleeker, 1868)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Cephalopholis polleni FIN033691 Slide 120 mm)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Cephalopholis polleni USNM 403233 photograph lateral view)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Gracila polleni (Bleeker, 1868))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Epinephelus polleni Bleeker, 1868)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Gracila polleni (Bleeker, 1868))
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Cephalopholis polleni)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Aethaloperca polleni (Bleeker, 1868))
To FishBase (from synonym Cephalopholis virgatus Fourmanoir, 1955)
To FishBase (from synonym Plectropoma lineatum Bliss, 1883)
To FishBase (from synonym Gracilia polleni (Bleeker, 1868))
To FishBase (from synonym Gracila okinawae Katayama, 1974)
To FishBase (from synonym Gracila polleni (Bleeker, 1868))
To FishBase (from synonym Epinephelus polleni Bleeker, 1868)
To FishBase images (Cephalopholis polleni, Indonesia, by Randall, J.E.)
To GenBank (13 nucleotides; 8 proteins)
To GenBank (13 nucleotides; 8 proteins) (from synonym Epinephelus polleni Bleeker, 1868)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Cephalopholis polleni FIN033691 Slide 120 mm)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Cephalopholis polleni USNM 403233 photograph lateral view)
To ITIS
