WoRMS taxon details
Cephalopholis oligosticta Randall & Ben-Tuvia, 1983
218176 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:218176)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Randall, J. E.; Ben-Tuvia, A. (1983). A review of the groupers (Pisces: Serranidae: Epinephelinae) of the Red Sea, with description of a new species of Cephalopholis. <em>Bulletin of Marine Science.</em> 33 (2): 373-426, Pl. 1. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Cephalopholis oligosticta Randall & Ben-Tuvia, 1983. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=218176 on 2026-02-27
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Nomenclature
original description
Randall, J. E.; Ben-Tuvia, A. (1983). A review of the groupers (Pisces: Serranidae: Epinephelinae) of the Red Sea, with description of a new species of Cephalopholis. <em>Bulletin of Marine Science.</em> 33 (2): 373-426, Pl. 1. [details]
basis of record Randall, J. E. (1992). Red Sea Reef Fishes. <em>Immel Publishing.</em> [details]
basis of record Randall, J. E. (1992). Red Sea Reef Fishes. <em>Immel Publishing.</em> [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
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
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | vermilion grouper | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (4 barcodes)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Cephalopholis oligosticta)
To FishBase
To GenBank (18 nucleotides; 5 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Cephalopholis oligosticta FIN033688 Slide 120 mm)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Cephalopholis oligosticta FIN033689 Slide 120 mm)
To ITIS
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Cephalopholis oligosticta)
To FishBase
To GenBank (18 nucleotides; 5 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Cephalopholis oligosticta FIN033688 Slide 120 mm)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Cephalopholis oligosticta FIN033689 Slide 120 mm)
To ITIS
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