WoRMS name details
Epinephelus octofasciatus Griffin, 1926
218223 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:218223)
unaccepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Griffin, L. T. (1926). Descriptions of New Zealand Fishes. <em>Transactions of the New Zealand Institute.</em> v. 56: 538-546, Pls. 93-98. [details]
Description Probably occurs in rocky reefs. Its apparent rarity may be due to its preference for relatively deep water.
Description Probably occurs in rocky reefs. Its apparent rarity may be due to its preference for relatively deep water. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Epinephelus octofasciatus Griffin, 1926. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=218223 on 2025-09-23
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Nomenclature
original description
Griffin, L. T. (1926). Descriptions of New Zealand Fishes. <em>Transactions of the New Zealand Institute.</em> v. 56: 538-546, Pls. 93-98. [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]
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]
Other
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 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
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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
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Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Description Probably occurs in rocky reefs. Its apparent rarity may be due to its preference for relatively deep water. [details]
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To FishBase
To GenBank (286 nucleotides; 294 proteins)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Hyporthodus octofasciatus FIN033853 Slide 120 mm)
To ITIS
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To FishBase
To GenBank (286 nucleotides; 294 proteins)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Hyporthodus octofasciatus FIN033853 Slide 120 mm)
To ITIS
Unreviewed
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