WoRMS taxon details

Cephalopholis sonnerati (Valenciennes, 1828)

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218183  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:218183)

accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Not documented
Description Occurs in deep lagoon reefs and steep outer reef slopes; encountered in coastal areas with rocky substrates. Usually caught...  
Description Occurs in deep lagoon reefs and steep outer reef slopes; encountered in coastal areas with rocky substrates. Usually caught in depths of 30 to 100 m, but in Madagascar, it occurs in depths of 10 to 20 m. Feeds on small fishes and crustaceans. Females mature at about 28 cm SL and males at about 34 cm SL (Ref. 6448). Generally marketed fresh (Ref. 5284).  [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2023). FishBase. Cephalopholis sonnerati (Valenciennes, 1828). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=218183 on 2023-06-05
Date
action
by
1997-02-24 18:26:33Z
created
2008-01-15 17:27:08Z
changed

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original description  (of Epinephelus janthinopterus Bleeker, 1873) Bleeker, P. (1873). Mededeelingen omtrent eene herziening der Indisch-Archipelagische soorten van Epinephelus, Lutjanus, Dentex en verwante geslachten. <em>Verslagen en Mededeelingen der Koninklijke Akademie van Wetenschappen. Afdeeling Natuurkunde (Ser. 2).</em> v. 7: 40-46.
page(s): 45 [details]   

original description  (of Epinephelus unicolor Bleeker, 1874) Bleeker, P. (1874). Poissons de Madagascar et de l'île la Réunion des collections de MM. Pollen et van Dam. <em>In: Recherches sur la faune de Madagascar et de ses dépendances d'après les découvertes de François P. L. Pollen et D. C. van Dam. 4e partie. E. J. Brill, Leide [Leiden]. Poissons de Madagascar et de l'Ile la Réunion.</em> Part 4: 1-104 + 2 p. index.
page(s): 89 [details]   

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

basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2023). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (02/2023)., 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 [request] 
 
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

From other sources
Description Occurs in deep lagoon reefs and steep outer reef slopes; encountered in coastal areas with rocky substrates. Usually caught in depths of 30 to 100 m, but in Madagascar, it occurs in depths of 10 to 20 m. Feeds on small fishes and crustaceans. Females mature at about 28 cm SL and males at about 34 cm SL (Ref. 6448). Generally marketed fresh (Ref. 5284).  [details]
LanguageName 
English tomato hind  [details]
Japanese アザハタ  [details]
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