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HKRMS taxon details

Epinephelus bleekeri (Vaillant, 1878)

To FishBase images (<i>Epinephelus bleekeri</i>, Hong Kong, by Eric Keung@114°E Hong Kong Reef Fish Survey)

To FishBase images (Epinephelus bleekeri, Hong Kong, by Eric Keung@114°E Hong Kong Reef Fish Survey)

AphiaID

273838 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:273838)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Epinephelus Bloch, 1793

Original name

Serranus bleekeri Vaillant, 1878

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Original description

(of ) Vaillant, L. L.; Bocourt, F. (1874-1915). Études sur les poissons. In: Mission scientifique au Mexique et dans l'Amérique centrale. Recherches zoologiques. Quatrième partie. Imprimérie Nationale, Paris. Part 4: 1-265, 20 pls. (variously numbered). [Pp. 1-40 (1874), 41-120 (1878), 121-200 (1883), 201-265 (1915). Plates appeared earlier than the text in some cases.]. [details]

Taxonomic citation

Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2021). FishBase. Epinephelus bleekeri (Vaillant, 1878). Accessed through: Astudillo, J. C.; Williams, G. A.; Leung, K. M. Y.; Cannicci, S.; Yasuhara, M.; Yau, C.; Qiu, J-W.; Ang, P. O.; To, A. W. L.; Shea, S. K. H. (Eds.) (2021) Hong Kong Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/hkrms/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=273838 on 2025-08-09

Regional species database citation

Astudillo, J. C.; Williams, G. A.; Leung, K. M. Y.; Cannicci, S.; Yasuhara, M.; Yau, C.; Qiu, J-W.; Ang, P. O.; To, A. W. L.; Shea, S. K. H. (Eds.) (2025). Hong Kong Register of Marine Species. Epinephelus bleekeri (Vaillant, 1878). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/hkrms/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=273838 on 2025-08-09

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2008-01-15 17:27:08Z

created

Bailly, Nicolas

[taxonomic tree]

original description (of ) Vaillant, L. L.; Bocourt, F. (1874-1915). Études sur les poissons. In: Mission scientifique au Mexique et dans l'Amérique centrale. Recherches zoologiques. Quatrième partie. Imprimérie Nationale, Paris. Part 4: 1-265, 20 pls. (variously numbered). [Pp. 1-40 (1874), 41-120 (1878), 121-200 (1883), 201-265 (1915). Plates appeared earlier than the text in some cases.]. [details]

context source (HKRMS) Hong Kong marine fish database. AFCD. , available online at https://www.hk-fish.net/en/fish/introduction/ [details]

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

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

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. Scientific Data. 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details]