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Cephalopholis argus Schneider, 1801

218174 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:218174)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Chordata (Phylum)
  4. Vertebrata (Subphylum)
  5. Gnathostomata (Infraphylum)
  6. Osteichthyes (Parvphylum)
  7. Actinopterygii (Gigaclass)
  8. Actinopteri (Superclass)
  9. Teleostei (Class)
  10. Perciformes (Order)
  11. Percoidei (Suborder)
  12. Epinephelidae (Family)
  13. Cephalopholis (Genus)
  14. Cephalopholis argus (Species)
accepted
Species
Cephalopholis Bloch & Schneider, 1801
Cephalopholis Bloch & Schneider, 1801
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Bloch, M.E.; Schneider, J.G. (1801). M.E. Blochii, Systema Ichthyologiae iconibus cx illustratum. Post obitum auctoris opus inchoatum absolvit, correxit, interpolavit Jo. <em>Gottlob Schneider, Saxo. Berolini. Sumtibus Auctoris Impressum et Bibliopolio Sanderiano Commissum.</em> Pp i-lx + 1-584, Pls. 1-110., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/5750#/summary, https://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/getref.asp?id=471 [details] 
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Cephalopholis argus Schneider, 1801. Accessed through: Odido, M.; Appeltans, W.; BelHassen, M.; Mussai, P.; Nsiangango, S.E.; Vandepitte, L.; Wambiji, N.; Zamouri, N. Jiddou, A.M. (Eds) (2025) African Register of Marine Species at: https://marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=218174 on 2026-09-07
Odido, M.; Appeltans, W.; BelHassen, M.; Mussai, P.; Nsiangango, S.E.; Vandepitte, L.; Wambiji, N.; Zamouri, N. Jiddou, A.M. (Eds) (2026). African Register of Marine Species. Cephalopholis argus Schneider, 1801. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=218174 on 2026-09-07
Date
action
by
1997-02-24 18:26:33Z
created
Vanden Berghe, Edward
1998-06-10 10:27:05Z
changed
Fondo, Esther
2008-01-15 17:27:08Z
changed
Bailly, Nicolas
2013-01-08 10:48:02Z
changed
Bailly, Nicolas

original description Bloch, M.E.; Schneider, J.G. (1801). M.E. Blochii, Systema Ichthyologiae iconibus cx illustratum. Post obitum auctoris opus inchoatum absolvit, correxit, interpolavit Jo. <em>Gottlob Schneider, Saxo. Berolini. Sumtibus Auctoris Impressum et Bibliopolio Sanderiano Commissum.</em> Pp i-lx + 1-584, Pls. 1-110., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/5750#/summary, https://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/getref.asp?id=471 [details] 

context source (HKRMS) Hong Kong marine fish database. <em>AFCD.</em> , available online at https://www.hk-fish.net/en/fish/introduction/ [details] 

context source (Introduced species) Molnar, J.L., R.L. Gamboa, C. Revenga & M.D. Spalding. (2008). Assessing the global threat of invasive species to marine biodiversity. <em>Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment.</em> 6(9): 485-492., available online at https://www.conservationgateway.org/ConservationPractices/Marine/Pages/marineinvasives.aspx [details] Available for editors  PDF available

basis of record Randall, J. E. (1992). Red Sea Reef Fishes. <em>Immel Publishing.</em> [details] 

additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details] 

additional 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  PDF available

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] OpenAccess publication
 
 Present  Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

    Definitions

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To Barcode of Life (126 barcodes) 
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (55 publications) (from synonym Serranus guttatus (Bloch, 1790))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (59 publications) 
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) 
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Cephalopholis argus) 
To FishBase (from synonym Serranus guttatus (Bloch, 1790))
To FishBase 
To FishSounds 
To GenBank (276 nucleotides; 254 proteins) 
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI) 
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern) 
To NMNH Extant Collection (Cephalopholis argus P02671 transparency) 
To NMNH Extant Collection (Cephalopholis argus USNM 423470 photograph lateral view) 
To ITIS
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