WoRMS taxon details
Nomenclatureoriginal description
(of Cephalopholis coatesi Whitley, 1937) Whitley, G. P. (1937). Further ichthyological miscellanea. <em>Memoirs of the Queensland Museum.</em> v. 11 (pt 2): 113-148, Pls. 11-13. [details]
original description
(of Serranus sexmaculatus Rüppell, 1830) Rüppell, W. P. E. S. (1828-30). Atlas zu der Reise im nördlichen Afrika. Fische des Rothen Meers. <em>Frankfurt am Main (Heinrich Ludwig Brönner).</em> 1-141 + 3 pp., Pls. 1-35. [Part 1 (1828): 1-26, Pls. 1-6; part 2 (1829): 27-94, Pls. 7-24; part 3 (1830):95-141, Pls. 25-35.]. [details]
original description
(of Serranus zanana 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 Cephalopholis gibbus Fourmanoir, 1955) Fourmanoir, P. (1955). Ichthyologie et pêche aux Comores. Mémoires de l'Institut Scientifique de Madagascar. <em>Série A, Biologie Animale.</em> v. 9: 187-239. [Dated 1954 but apparently published in 1955.]. [details]
basis of record
Randall, J. E. (1992). Red Sea Reef Fishes. <em>Immel Publishing.</em> [details]
Ecologyecology 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] 
Otheradditional source
Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source
Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
Unreviewed
Description A secretive species hiding in caves and crevices on the outer reef slope. Active nocturnally in shallow water and diurnally in deeper water. Feeds mainly on fishes. [details]
To Barcode of Life (30 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Epinephelus sexmaculatus (Rüppell, 1830))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Cephalopholis gibbus Fourmanoir, 1955)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (11 publications) (from synonym Serranus sexmaculatus Rüppell, 1830)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Cephalopholis coatesi Whitley, 1937)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (22 publications) (from synonym Serranus zanana Valenciennes, 1828)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Cephalopholis sexmaculatus (Rüppell, 1830))
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Cephalopholis sexmaculatus (Rüppell, 1830))
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Serranus sexmaculatus Rüppell, 1830)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Cephalopholis sexmaculata)
To FishBase (from synonym Cephalopholis coatesi Whitley, 1937)
To FishBase (from synonym Epinephelus sexmaculatus (Rüppell, 1830))
To FishBase (from synonym Serranus sexmaculatus Rüppell, 1830)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Serranus zanana Valenciennes, 1828)
To FishBase (from synonym Cephalopholis gibbus Fourmanoir, 1955)
To FishBase (from synonym Cephalopholis sexmaculatus (Rüppell, 1830))
To FishBase images (Cephalopholis sexmaculata, Maldives, by Randall, J.E.)
To GenBank (40 nucleotides; 56 proteins)
To GenBank (40 nucleotides; 56 proteins) (from synonym Serranus sexmaculatus Rüppell, 1830)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Cephalopholis sexmaculata FIN033695 Slide 120 mm)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Cephalopholis sexmaculata FIN033696 Slide 120 mm)
To ITIS
From editor or global species database
Unreviewed
| |