WoRMS taxon details
Epinephelus diacanthus (Valenciennes, 1828)
218236 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:218236)
accepted
Species
Epinephelus dayi Bleeker, 1874 · unaccepted
Serranus diacanthus Valenciennes, 1828 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Serranus diacanthus Valenciennes, 1828) Cuvier, G.; Valenciennes, A. (1828). Histoire naturelle des poissons. Tome second. Livre Troisième. Des poissons de la famille des perches, ou des percoïdes. 2: i-xxi + 2 pp + 1-490, Pls. 9-40., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.7339 [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Epinephelus diacanthus (Valenciennes, 1828). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=218236 on 2026-07-10
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Epinephelus dayi Bleeker, 1874) Bleeker, P. (1874). Révision des espèces indo-archipélagiques du groupe des Epinephelini et de quelques genres voisins. <em>Verhandelingen der Koninklijke Akademie van Wetenschappen, Afdeeling Natuurkunde (Amsterdam).</em> v. 14 (art. 2): 1-134.
page(s): 105 [details]
original description (of Serranus diacanthus Valenciennes, 1828) Cuvier, G.; Valenciennes, A. (1828). Histoire naturelle des poissons. Tome second. Livre Troisième. Des poissons de la famille des perches, ou des percoïdes. 2: i-xxi + 2 pp + 1-490, Pls. 9-40., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.7339 [details]
basis of record MacNae, W., Kalk, M. (eds). (1958). A natural history of Inhaca Island, Mozambique. Witwatersrand University Press, Johannesburg. I-iv, 163 pp. [details]
page(s): 105 [details]
original description (of Serranus diacanthus Valenciennes, 1828) Cuvier, G.; Valenciennes, A. (1828). Histoire naturelle des poissons. Tome second. Livre Troisième. Des poissons de la famille des perches, ou des percoïdes. 2: i-xxi + 2 pp + 1-490, Pls. 9-40., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.7339 [details]
basis of record MacNae, W., Kalk, M. (eds). (1958). A natural history of Inhaca Island, Mozambique. Witwatersrand University Press, Johannesburg. I-iv, 163 pp. [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
context source (HKRMS)
Hong Kong marine fish database. <em>AFCD.</em> , available online at https://www.hk-fish.net/en/fish/introduction/ [details]
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
[request]
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 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
[request]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]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Barcode of Life (58 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Epinephelus dayi Bleeker, 1874)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (19 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (24 publications) (from synonym Serranus diacanthus Valenciennes, 1828)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Epinephelus diacanthus)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Epinephelus dayi Bleeker, 1874)
To FishBase (from synonym Serranus diacanthus Valenciennes, 1828)
To GenBank (44 nucleotides; 37 proteins) (from synonym Serranus diacanthus Valenciennes, 1828)
To GenBank (44 nucleotides; 37 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Epinephelus diacanthus FIN033787 Slide 120 mm)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Epinephelus diacanthus FIN033788 Slide 120 mm)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Epinephelus dayi Bleeker, 1874)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (19 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (24 publications) (from synonym Serranus diacanthus Valenciennes, 1828)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Epinephelus diacanthus)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Epinephelus dayi Bleeker, 1874)
To FishBase (from synonym Serranus diacanthus Valenciennes, 1828)
To GenBank (44 nucleotides; 37 proteins) (from synonym Serranus diacanthus Valenciennes, 1828)
To GenBank (44 nucleotides; 37 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Epinephelus diacanthus FIN033787 Slide 120 mm)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Epinephelus diacanthus FIN033788 Slide 120 mm)
To ITIS
Unreviewed
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