WoRMS taxon details
Epinephelus spilotoceps Schultz, 1953
218244 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:218244)
accepted
Species
Epinephelus salonotus Smith & Smith, 1963 · unaccepted
Epinephelus spiloteceps Schultz, 1953 · unaccepted (misspelling)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Schultz, L. P.; Herald, E. S.; Lachner, E. A.; Welander, A. D.; Woods, L. P. (1953). Fishes of the Marshall and Marianas islands. Vol. I. Families from Asymmetrontidae through Siganidae. <em>Bulletin of the United States National Museum.</em> No. 202, v. 1: i-xxxii + 1-685, Pls. 1-74. [details]
Note Bikini Atoll, Marshall Islands.
Unreviewed
Type locality Bikini Atoll, Marshall Islands. [details]
Description Occurs in lagoon patch reefs, the upper slopes of channels, and reef margins (Ref. 1602). Nothing has been published on its...
Description Occurs in lagoon patch reefs, the upper slopes of channels, and reef margins (Ref. 1602). Nothing has been published on its biology. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Epinephelus spilotoceps Schultz, 1953. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=218244 on 2025-06-22
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Nomenclature
original description
Schultz, L. P.; Herald, E. S.; Lachner, E. A.; Welander, A. D.; Woods, L. P. (1953). Fishes of the Marshall and Marianas islands. Vol. I. Families from Asymmetrontidae through Siganidae. <em>Bulletin of the United States National Museum.</em> No. 202, v. 1: i-xxxii + 1-685, Pls. 1-74. [details]
original description (of Epinephelus salonotus Smith & Smith, 1963) Smith, J. L. B.; Smith, M. M. (1963). The fishes of Seychelles. 1st edition. <em>Department of Ichthyology, Rhodes University, Grahamstown.</em> i-viii + 1-215, Pls. 1-98. [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]
original description (of Epinephelus salonotus Smith & Smith, 1963) Smith, J. L. B.; Smith, M. M. (1963). The fishes of Seychelles. 1st edition. <em>Department of Ichthyology, Rhodes University, Grahamstown.</em> i-viii + 1-215, Pls. 1-98. [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]
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 in lagoon patch reefs, the upper slopes of channels, and reef margins (Ref. 1602). Nothing has been published on its biology. [details]Type locality Bikini Atoll, Marshall Islands. [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | foursaddle grouper | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (32 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Epinephelus salonotus Smith & Smith, 1963)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Epinephelus spilotoceps)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Epinephelus salonotus Smith & Smith, 1963)
To FishBase (from synonym Epinephelus spiloteceps Schultz, 1953)
To FishBase images (Epinephelus spilotoceps, Maldives, by Seycek, O.)
To GenBank (51 nucleotides; 44 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Epinephelus spilotoceps FIN033888 Slide 120 mm)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Epinephelus spilotoceps P10500 illustration)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Epinephelus salonotus Smith & Smith, 1963)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Epinephelus spilotoceps)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Epinephelus salonotus Smith & Smith, 1963)
To FishBase (from synonym Epinephelus spiloteceps Schultz, 1953)
To FishBase images (Epinephelus spilotoceps, Maldives, by Seycek, O.)
To GenBank (51 nucleotides; 44 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Epinephelus spilotoceps FIN033888 Slide 120 mm)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Epinephelus spilotoceps P10500 illustration)
To ITIS
