WoRMS taxon details
Cephalopholis leopardus (Lacepède, 1801)
218185 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:218185)
accepted
Species
Cephalopholis leoparda (Lacepède, 1801) · unaccepted
Epinephelus leopardus (Lacepède, 1801) · unaccepted
Epinephelus urodelops Schultz, 1943 · unaccepted
Labrus leopardus Lacepède, 1801 · unaccepted
Serranus homfrayi Day, 1871 · unaccepted
Serranus leopardus (Lacepède, 1801) · unaccepted
Serranus spilurus Valenciennes, 1833 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Labrus leopardus Lacepède, 1801) Lacepède, B.G.E. (1801). Histoire naturelle des poissons. 3: i-lxvi + 1-558, Pls. 1-34.
page(s): 450, 518, Pl. 30 (fig. 1) [details]
page(s): 450, 518, Pl. 30 (fig. 1) [details]
Description Occurs in coral-rich areas of lagoon pinnacles, channels, and outer reef slopes. A secretive species, usually hiding in...
Description Occurs in coral-rich areas of lagoon pinnacles, channels, and outer reef slopes. A secretive species, usually hiding in caves and crevices in the reefs. One of the smallest species of groupers known. Gut analysis revealed crustacean remains. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Cephalopholis leopardus (Lacepède, 1801). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=218185 on 2025-05-17
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Labrus leopardus Lacepède, 1801) Lacepède, B.G.E. (1801). Histoire naturelle des poissons. 3: i-lxvi + 1-558, Pls. 1-34.
page(s): 450, 518, Pl. 30 (fig. 1) [details]
original description (of Serranus homfrayi Day, 1871) Day, F. (1871). On the fishes of the Andaman Islands. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 1870 (pt 3): 677-705 [1-29].
page(s): 678 [2] [details]
original description (of Serranus spilurus Valenciennes, 1833) Cuvier, G.; Valenciennes, A. (1833). Histoire naturelle des poissons. Tome neuvième. Suite du livre neuvième. Des Scombéroïdes. v. 9: i-xxix + 3 pp. + 1-512, Pls. 246-279. [Cuvier authored pp. 1-198, 330-359, 372-427; Valenciennes the balance. i-xxiv + 1-379 in Strasbourg edition. Pp. 429-512 contains additions and corrections for vols. 2 through 5.]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4427517 [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]
page(s): 450, 518, Pl. 30 (fig. 1) [details]
original description (of Serranus homfrayi Day, 1871) Day, F. (1871). On the fishes of the Andaman Islands. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 1870 (pt 3): 677-705 [1-29].
page(s): 678 [2] [details]
original description (of Serranus spilurus Valenciennes, 1833) Cuvier, G.; Valenciennes, A. (1833). Histoire naturelle des poissons. Tome neuvième. Suite du livre neuvième. Des Scombéroïdes. v. 9: i-xxix + 3 pp. + 1-512, Pls. 246-279. [Cuvier authored pp. 1-198, 330-359, 372-427; Valenciennes the balance. i-xxiv + 1-379 in Strasbourg edition. Pp. 429-512 contains additions and corrections for vols. 2 through 5.]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4427517 [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 coral-rich areas of lagoon pinnacles, channels, and outer reef slopes. A secretive species, usually hiding in caves and crevices in the reefs. One of the smallest species of groupers known. Gut analysis revealed crustacean remains. [details]
To Barcode of Life (18 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Epinephelus urodelops Schultz, 1943)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Serranus homfrayi Day, 1871)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (12 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (16 publications) (from synonym Epinephelus leopardus (Lacepède, 1801))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (18 publications) (from synonym Serranus leopardus (Lacepède, 1801))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (18 publications) (from synonym Serranus spilurus Valenciennes, 1833)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (21 publications) (from synonym Labrus leopardus Lacepède, 1801)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Cephalopholis leopardus)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Labrus leopardus Lacepède, 1801)
To FishBase (from synonym Epinephelus leopardus (Lacepède, 1801))
To FishBase (from synonym Epinephelus urodelops Schultz, 1943)
To FishBase (from synonym Cephalopholis leoparda (Lacepède, 1801))
To FishBase (from synonym Serranus homfrayi Day, 1871)
To FishBase (from synonym Serranus spilurus Valenciennes, 1833)
To FishBase (from synonym Serranus leopardus (Lacepède, 1801))
To FishBase images (Cephalopholis leopardus, Maldives, by Greenfield, J.)
To GenBank (28 nucleotides; 43 proteins)
To GenBank (28 nucleotides; 43 proteins) (from synonym Labrus leopardus Lacepède, 1801)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Cephalopholis leopardus P02676 transparency)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Cephalopholis leopardus USNM 373675 photograph lateral view)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Epinephelus urodelops P10522 illustration) (from synonym Epinephelus urodelops Schultz, 1943)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Epinephelus urodelops Schultz, 1943)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Serranus homfrayi Day, 1871)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (12 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (16 publications) (from synonym Epinephelus leopardus (Lacepède, 1801))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (18 publications) (from synonym Serranus leopardus (Lacepède, 1801))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (18 publications) (from synonym Serranus spilurus Valenciennes, 1833)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (21 publications) (from synonym Labrus leopardus Lacepède, 1801)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Cephalopholis leopardus)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Labrus leopardus Lacepède, 1801)
To FishBase (from synonym Epinephelus leopardus (Lacepède, 1801))
To FishBase (from synonym Epinephelus urodelops Schultz, 1943)
To FishBase (from synonym Cephalopholis leoparda (Lacepède, 1801))
To FishBase (from synonym Serranus homfrayi Day, 1871)
To FishBase (from synonym Serranus spilurus Valenciennes, 1833)
To FishBase (from synonym Serranus leopardus (Lacepède, 1801))
To FishBase images (Cephalopholis leopardus, Maldives, by Greenfield, J.)
To GenBank (28 nucleotides; 43 proteins)
To GenBank (28 nucleotides; 43 proteins) (from synonym Labrus leopardus Lacepède, 1801)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Cephalopholis leopardus P02676 transparency)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Cephalopholis leopardus USNM 373675 photograph lateral view)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Epinephelus urodelops P10522 illustration) (from synonym Epinephelus urodelops Schultz, 1943)
To ITIS
From editor or global species database
Unreviewed
