WoRMS taxon details
Hyporthodus niveatus (Valenciennes, 1828)
475101 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:475101)
accepted
Species
Alphestes scholanderi Walters, 1957 · unaccepted
Epinephelus niveatus (Valenciennes, 1828) · unaccepted
Hyporthodus flavicauda Gill, 1861 · unaccepted
Serranus conspersus Poey, 1860 · unaccepted
Serranus margaritifer Günther, 1859 · unaccepted
Serranus niveatus Valenciennes, 1828 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Serranus niveatus 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]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Hyporthodus niveatus (Valenciennes, 1828). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=475101 on 2025-05-07
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Serranus margaritifer Günther, 1859) Günther, A. (1859). Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum. Catalogue of the acanthopterygian fishes in the collection of the British Museum. Gasterosteidae, Berycidae, Percidae, Aphredoderidae, Pristipomatidae, Mullidae, Sparidae. <em>London.</em> v. 1: i-xxxi + 1-524. [details]
original description (of Serranus niveatus 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 Hyporthodus flavicauda Gill, 1861) Gill, T. N. (1861). Two new species of marine fishes. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> v. 13: 98-99. [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 niveatus 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 Hyporthodus flavicauda Gill, 1861) Gill, T. N. (1861). Two new species of marine fishes. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> v. 13: 98-99. [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
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | snowy grouper [from synonym] | [details] |
| Spanish | cherna pintada [from synonym] | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (1 barcode) (from synonym Epinephelus niveatus (Valenciennes, 1828))
To Barcode of Life (16 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (10 publications) (from synonym Serranus conspersus Poey, 1860)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (10 publications) (from synonym Serranus margaritifer Günther, 1859)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (14 publications) (from synonym Hyporthodus flavicauda Gill, 1861)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Alphestes scholanderi Walters, 1957)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (24 publications) (from synonym Serranus niveatus Valenciennes, 1828)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (68 publications) (from synonym Epinephelus niveatus (Valenciennes, 1828))
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Hyporthodus niveatus)
To FishBase (from synonym Epinephelus niveatus (Valenciennes, 1828))
To FishBase (from synonym Serranus niveatus Valenciennes, 1828)
To FishBase (from synonym Serranus margaritifer Günther, 1859)
To FishBase (from synonym Serranus conspersus Poey, 1860)
To FishBase (from synonym Alphestes scholanderi Walters, 1957)
To FishBase (from synonym Hyporthodus flavicauda Gill, 1861)
To FishBase
To FishBase images (Hyporthodus niveatus, Brazil, by Timm, C.D.)
To GenBank (22 nucleotides; 40 proteins)
To GenBank (22 nucleotides; 40 proteins) (from synonym Serranus niveatus Valenciennes, 1828)
To GenBank (22 nucleotides; 40 proteins) (from synonym Epinephelus niveatus (Valenciennes, 1828))
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Vulnerable)
To Barcode of Life (16 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (10 publications) (from synonym Serranus conspersus Poey, 1860)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (10 publications) (from synonym Serranus margaritifer Günther, 1859)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (14 publications) (from synonym Hyporthodus flavicauda Gill, 1861)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Alphestes scholanderi Walters, 1957)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (24 publications) (from synonym Serranus niveatus Valenciennes, 1828)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (68 publications) (from synonym Epinephelus niveatus (Valenciennes, 1828))
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Hyporthodus niveatus)
To FishBase (from synonym Epinephelus niveatus (Valenciennes, 1828))
To FishBase (from synonym Serranus niveatus Valenciennes, 1828)
To FishBase (from synonym Serranus margaritifer Günther, 1859)
To FishBase (from synonym Serranus conspersus Poey, 1860)
To FishBase (from synonym Alphestes scholanderi Walters, 1957)
To FishBase (from synonym Hyporthodus flavicauda Gill, 1861)
To FishBase
To FishBase images (Hyporthodus niveatus, Brazil, by Timm, C.D.)
To GenBank (22 nucleotides; 40 proteins)
To GenBank (22 nucleotides; 40 proteins) (from synonym Serranus niveatus Valenciennes, 1828)
To GenBank (22 nucleotides; 40 proteins) (from synonym Epinephelus niveatus (Valenciennes, 1828))
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Vulnerable)
