WoRMS taxon details
Epinephelus chlorocephalus (Valenciennes, 1830)
273841 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:273841)
accepted
Species
Serranus chlorocephalus Valenciennes, 1830 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Serranus chlorocephalus Valenciennes, 1830) Cuvier, G. ; Valenciennes, A. (1830). Histoire naturelle des poissons. Tome Sixième. Livre sixième. Partie I. Des Sparoïdes; Partie II. Des Ménides. <em>Tome sixième. Livre sixième. Partie I. Des Sparoïdes; Partie II. Des Ménides.</em> v. 6: i-xxiv + 6 pp. + 1-559, Pls. 141-169. [Valenciennes is author of pp. 1-425, 493-559; Cuvier 426-491. i-xviii + 1-470 in Strasbourg ed.]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4436643 [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Epinephelus chlorocephalus (Valenciennes, 1830). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=273841 on 2025-07-13
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Serranus chlorocephalus Valenciennes, 1830) Cuvier, G. ; Valenciennes, A. (1830). Histoire naturelle des poissons. Tome Sixième. Livre sixième. Partie I. Des Sparoïdes; Partie II. Des Ménides. <em>Tome sixième. Livre sixième. Partie I. Des Sparoïdes; Partie II. Des Ménides.</em> v. 6: i-xxiv + 6 pp. + 1-559, Pls. 141-169. [Valenciennes is author of pp. 1-425, 493-559; Cuvier 426-491. i-xviii + 1-470 in Strasbourg ed.]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4436643 [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). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Serranus chlorocephalus Valenciennes, 1830)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Serranus chlorocephalus Valenciennes, 1830)
To FishBase images (Epinephelus chlorocephalus, by FAO)
To IUCN Red List (Data Deficient)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Serranus chlorocephalus Valenciennes, 1830)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Serranus chlorocephalus Valenciennes, 1830)
To FishBase images (Epinephelus chlorocephalus, by FAO)
To IUCN Red List (Data Deficient)
To ITIS
