WoRMS taxon details
Epinephelus japonicus (Temminck & Schlegel, 1843)
1577335 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1577335)
accepted
Species
Serranus areolatus japonicus Temminck & Schlegel, 1842 · unaccepted > superseded combination
Serranus reevesii Richardson, 1846 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Serranus areolatus japonicus Temminck & Schlegel, 1842) Temminck, C. J.; Schlegel, H. (1843). Pisces. <em>Siebold, P. F. de (ed.): Fauna Japonica, sive descriptio animalium, quae in itinere per Japoniam ... suscepto annis 1823-1830 collegit, notis, observationibus et adumbrationibus illustravit Ph. Fr. de Siebold. Lugduni Batavorum [Leiden] (A. Arnz et soc.).</em> Part 1: 1-20. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Epinephelus japonicus (Temminck & Schlegel, 1843). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1577335 on 2025-08-13
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Serranus areolatus japonicus Temminck & Schlegel, 1842) Temminck, C. J.; Schlegel, H. (1843). Pisces. <em>Siebold, P. F. de (ed.): Fauna Japonica, sive descriptio animalium, quae in itinere per Japoniam ... suscepto annis 1823-1830 collegit, notis, observationibus et adumbrationibus illustravit Ph. Fr. de Siebold. Lugduni Batavorum [Leiden] (A. Arnz et soc.).</em> Part 1: 1-20. [details]
original description (of Epinephelus tankahkeei Wu, Qu, Lin, Tang & Ding, 2020) Wu, H.; Qu, M.; Lin, H.; Tang, W.; Ding, S. (2020). Epinephelus tankahkeei, a new species of grouper (Teleostei, Perciformes, Epinephelidae) from the South China Sea. <em>ZooKeys.</em> 933: 125-137., available online at https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.933.46406 [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 tankahkeei Wu, Qu, Lin, Tang & Ding, 2020) Wu, H.; Qu, M.; Lin, H.; Tang, W.; Ding, S. (2020). Epinephelus tankahkeei, a new species of grouper (Teleostei, Perciformes, Epinephelidae) from the South China Sea. <em>ZooKeys.</em> 933: 125-137., available online at https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.933.46406 [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] 
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Japanese | ホウセキハタ | [details] |
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Serranus reevesii Richardson, 1846)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Serranus areolatus japonicus Temminck & Schlegel, 1842)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Epinephelus japonicus)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Epinephelus tankahkeei) (from synonym Epinephelus tankahkeei Wu, Qu, Lin, Tang & Ding, 2020)
To Fishbase
To Fishbase (from synonym Epinephelus tankahkeei Wu, Qu, Lin, Tang & Ding, 2020)
To FishBase (from synonym Serranus areolatus japonicus Temminck & Schlegel, 1842)
To FishBase (from synonym Serranus reevesii Richardson, 1846)
To GenBank (4 nucleotides; 4 proteins)
To GenBank (8 nucleotides; 8 proteins) (from synonym Epinephelus tankahkeei Wu, Qu, Lin, Tang & Ding, 2020)
To IUCN Red List (Data Deficient)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Serranus areolatus japonicus Temminck & Schlegel, 1842)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Epinephelus japonicus)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Epinephelus tankahkeei) (from synonym Epinephelus tankahkeei Wu, Qu, Lin, Tang & Ding, 2020)
To Fishbase
To Fishbase (from synonym Epinephelus tankahkeei Wu, Qu, Lin, Tang & Ding, 2020)
To FishBase (from synonym Serranus areolatus japonicus Temminck & Schlegel, 1842)
To FishBase (from synonym Serranus reevesii Richardson, 1846)
To GenBank (4 nucleotides; 4 proteins)
To GenBank (8 nucleotides; 8 proteins) (from synonym Epinephelus tankahkeei Wu, Qu, Lin, Tang & Ding, 2020)
To IUCN Red List (Data Deficient)
