WoRMS taxon details
Epinephelus faveatus (Valenciennes, 1828)
218219 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:218219)
accepted
Species
Serranus bontoo Valenciennes, 1828 · unaccepted
Serranus faveatus Valenciennes, 1828 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Serranus faveatus Valenciennes, 1828) Cuvier, G.; Valenciennes, A. (1828). Histoire naturelle des poissons. Tome second. Livre Troisième. Des poissons de la famille des perches, ou des percoïdes. 2: i-xxi + 2 pp + 1-490, Pls. 9-40. [details]
Description Occurs in shallow waters over coral reefs or rocky substrate. It appears to be a small species; a 17 cm SL fish from Sri...
Description Occurs in shallow waters over coral reefs or rocky substrate. It appears to be a small species; a 17 cm SL fish from Sri Lanka has fairly well-developed ovaries. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Epinephelus faveatus (Valenciennes, 1828). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=218219 on 2025-03-16
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Serranus bontoo Valenciennes, 1828) Cuvier, G.; Valenciennes, A. (1828). Histoire naturelle des poissons. Tome second. Livre Troisième. Des poissons de la famille des perches, ou des percoïdes. 2: i-xxi + 2 pp + 1-490, Pls. 9-40. [details]
original description (of Serranus faveatus Valenciennes, 1828) Cuvier, G.; Valenciennes, A. (1828). Histoire naturelle des poissons. Tome second. Livre Troisième. Des poissons de la famille des perches, ou des percoïdes. 2: i-xxi + 2 pp + 1-490, Pls. 9-40. [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 Serranus faveatus Valenciennes, 1828) Cuvier, G.; Valenciennes, A. (1828). Histoire naturelle des poissons. Tome second. Livre Troisième. Des poissons de la famille des perches, ou des percoïdes. 2: i-xxi + 2 pp + 1-490, Pls. 9-40. [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] 
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Description Occurs in shallow waters over coral reefs or rocky substrate. It appears to be a small species; a 17 cm SL fish from Sri Lanka has fairly well-developed ovaries. [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | barred-chest grouper | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (7 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (16 publications) (from synonym Serranus faveatus Valenciennes, 1828)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (24 publications) (from synonym Serranus bontoo Valenciennes, 1828)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Epinephelus faveatus)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Serranus bontoo Valenciennes, 1828)
To FishBase (from synonym Serranus faveatus Valenciennes, 1828)
To FishBase images (Epinephelus faveatus, India, by Randall, J.E.)
To GenBank (11 nucleotides; 8 proteins)
To GenBank (11 nucleotides; 8 proteins) (from synonym Serranus faveatus Valenciennes, 1828)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Epinephelus faveatus FIN033797 Slide 120 mm)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Epinephelus faveatus FIN033799 Slide 120 mm)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (16 publications) (from synonym Serranus faveatus Valenciennes, 1828)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (24 publications) (from synonym Serranus bontoo Valenciennes, 1828)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Epinephelus faveatus)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Serranus bontoo Valenciennes, 1828)
To FishBase (from synonym Serranus faveatus Valenciennes, 1828)
To FishBase images (Epinephelus faveatus, India, by Randall, J.E.)
To GenBank (11 nucleotides; 8 proteins)
To GenBank (11 nucleotides; 8 proteins) (from synonym Serranus faveatus Valenciennes, 1828)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Epinephelus faveatus FIN033797 Slide 120 mm)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Epinephelus faveatus FIN033799 Slide 120 mm)
To ITIS
