WoRMS taxon details
Epinephelus areolatus (Forsskål, 1775)
218204 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:218204)
accepted
Species
Bodianus melanurus Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1817 · unaccepted
Ephinephelus areolatus (Forsskål, 1775) · unaccepted (misspelling)
Epinephelus angularis (Valenciennes, 1828) · unaccepted
Epinephelus craspedurus Jordan & Richardson, 1910 · unaccepted
Epinephelus waandersii (Bleeker, 1858) · unaccepted
Perca areolata Forsskål, 1775 · unaccepted
Serranus angularis Valenciennes, 1828 · unaccepted
Serranus celebicus Bleeker, 1851 · unaccepted
Serranus glaucus Day, 1871 · unaccepted
Serranus waandersii Bleeker, 1858 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Perca areolata Forsskål, 1775) Forskål P. (1775). Descriptiones Animalium, Avium, Amphibiorum, Piscium, Insectorum, Vermium; quae in Itinere Orientali Observavit Petrus Forskål. Post Mortem Auctoris editit Carsten Niebuhr. Adjuncta est materia Medica Kahirina. Mölleri, Hafniae, 19 + xxxiv + 164 pp. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2088059
page(s): xi, 42 [details]
page(s): xi, 42 [details]
Description Usually found in seagrass beds or on fine sediment bottoms near rocky reefs, dead coral, or alcyonarians. At New Caledonia,...
Description Usually found in seagrass beds or on fine sediment bottoms near rocky reefs, dead coral, or alcyonarians. At New Caledonia, the species was reported to feed on penaeid prawns. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Epinephelus areolatus (Forsskål, 1775). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=218204 on 2025-02-10
Date
action
by
The webpage text is licensed under a Creative Commons
Attribution-Noncommercial 4.0 License
original description
(of Serranus angularis 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 Bodianus melanurus Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1817) Geoffroy St. Hilaire, E. (1817). Poissons du Nil, de la mer Rouge et de la Méditerranée. <em>In: Description de l'Egypte ou recueil des observations et des recherches qui ont été faites en Égypte pendant l'expedition de l'Armée français, publié par les ordres de sa Majesté-L'Empereur Napoléon le Grand. (Imprimerie Impériale). Paris. Histoire Naturelle.</em> v. 1 (part 1). Pls. 18-27.
page(s): no page number, Pl. 21 (figs. 1-2) [details]
original description (of Serranus glaucus Day, 1871) Day, F. (1871). On the fishes of the Andaman Islands. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 1870 (pt 3): 677-705 [1-29].
page(s): 678 [2] [details]
original description (of Serranus waandersii Bleeker, 1858) Bleeker, P. (1858). Derde bijdrage tot de kennis der ichthyologische fauna van Bali. <em>Natuurkundig Tijdschrift voor Nederlandsch Indië.</em> v. 17 (no. 1): 141-175. [details]
original description (of Perca areolata Forsskål, 1775) Forskål P. (1775). Descriptiones Animalium, Avium, Amphibiorum, Piscium, Insectorum, Vermium; quae in Itinere Orientali Observavit Petrus Forskål. Post Mortem Auctoris editit Carsten Niebuhr. Adjuncta est materia Medica Kahirina. Mölleri, Hafniae, 19 + xxxiv + 164 pp. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2088059
page(s): xi, 42 [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 Randall, J. E. (1992). Red Sea Reef Fishes. <em>Immel Publishing.</em> [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
[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]
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]
original description (of Bodianus melanurus Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1817) Geoffroy St. Hilaire, E. (1817). Poissons du Nil, de la mer Rouge et de la Méditerranée. <em>In: Description de l'Egypte ou recueil des observations et des recherches qui ont été faites en Égypte pendant l'expedition de l'Armée français, publié par les ordres de sa Majesté-L'Empereur Napoléon le Grand. (Imprimerie Impériale). Paris. Histoire Naturelle.</em> v. 1 (part 1). Pls. 18-27.
page(s): no page number, Pl. 21 (figs. 1-2) [details]
original description (of Serranus glaucus Day, 1871) Day, F. (1871). On the fishes of the Andaman Islands. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 1870 (pt 3): 677-705 [1-29].
page(s): 678 [2] [details]
original description (of Serranus waandersii Bleeker, 1858) Bleeker, P. (1858). Derde bijdrage tot de kennis der ichthyologische fauna van Bali. <em>Natuurkundig Tijdschrift voor Nederlandsch Indië.</em> v. 17 (no. 1): 141-175. [details]
original description (of Perca areolata Forsskål, 1775) Forskål P. (1775). Descriptiones Animalium, Avium, Amphibiorum, Piscium, Insectorum, Vermium; quae in Itinere Orientali Observavit Petrus Forskål. Post Mortem Auctoris editit Carsten Niebuhr. Adjuncta est materia Medica Kahirina. Mölleri, Hafniae, 19 + xxxiv + 164 pp. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2088059
page(s): xi, 42 [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 Randall, J. E. (1992). Red Sea Reef Fishes. <em>Immel Publishing.</em> [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

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]
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]





Unreviewed
Description Usually found in seagrass beds or on fine sediment bottoms near rocky reefs, dead coral, or alcyonarians. At New Caledonia, the species was reported to feed on penaeid prawns. [details]
To Barcode of Life (338 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Epinephelus waandersii (Bleeker, 1858))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (10 publications) (from synonym Bodianus melanurus Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1817)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (16 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (19 publications) (from synonym Serranus celebicus Bleeker, 1851)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Epinephelus craspedurus Jordan & Richardson, 1910)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Serranus waandersii Bleeker, 1858)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (22 publications) (from synonym Perca areolata Forsskål, 1775)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (23 publications) (from synonym Serranus angularis Valenciennes, 1828)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications) (from synonym Epinephelus angularis (Valenciennes, 1828))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications) (from synonym Serranus glaucus Day, 1871)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Perca areolata Forsskål, 1775)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Epinephelus areolatus)
To FishBase (from synonym Epinephelus craspedurus Jordan & Richardson, 1910)
To FishBase (from synonym Epinephelus angularis (Valenciennes, 1828))
To FishBase (from synonym Bodianus melanurus Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1817)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Serranus angularis Valenciennes, 1828)
To FishBase (from synonym Perca areolata Forsskål, 1775)
To FishBase (from synonym Ephinephelus areolatus (Forsskål, 1775))
To FishBase (from synonym Serranus waandersii Bleeker, 1858)
To FishBase (from synonym Serranus glaucus Day, 1871)
To FishBase (from synonym Epinephelus waandersii (Bleeker, 1858))
To FishBase (from synonym Serranus celebicus Bleeker, 1851)
To FishBase images (Epinephelus areolatus, Hong Kong, by Gomen See@114°E Hong Kong Reef Fish Survey)
To GenBank (256 nucleotides; 232 proteins)
To GenBank (256 nucleotides; 232 proteins) (from synonym Perca areolata Forsskål, 1775)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Epinephelus areolatus FIN033744 Slide 120 mm)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Epinephelus areolatus FIN033747 Slide 120 mm)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Epinephelus waandersii (Bleeker, 1858))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (10 publications) (from synonym Bodianus melanurus Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1817)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (16 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (19 publications) (from synonym Serranus celebicus Bleeker, 1851)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Epinephelus craspedurus Jordan & Richardson, 1910)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Serranus waandersii Bleeker, 1858)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (22 publications) (from synonym Perca areolata Forsskål, 1775)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (23 publications) (from synonym Serranus angularis Valenciennes, 1828)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications) (from synonym Epinephelus angularis (Valenciennes, 1828))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications) (from synonym Serranus glaucus Day, 1871)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Perca areolata Forsskål, 1775)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Epinephelus areolatus)
To FishBase (from synonym Epinephelus craspedurus Jordan & Richardson, 1910)
To FishBase (from synonym Epinephelus angularis (Valenciennes, 1828))
To FishBase (from synonym Bodianus melanurus Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1817)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Serranus angularis Valenciennes, 1828)
To FishBase (from synonym Perca areolata Forsskål, 1775)
To FishBase (from synonym Ephinephelus areolatus (Forsskål, 1775))
To FishBase (from synonym Serranus waandersii Bleeker, 1858)
To FishBase (from synonym Serranus glaucus Day, 1871)
To FishBase (from synonym Epinephelus waandersii (Bleeker, 1858))
To FishBase (from synonym Serranus celebicus Bleeker, 1851)
To FishBase images (Epinephelus areolatus, Hong Kong, by Gomen See@114°E Hong Kong Reef Fish Survey)
To GenBank (256 nucleotides; 232 proteins)
To GenBank (256 nucleotides; 232 proteins) (from synonym Perca areolata Forsskål, 1775)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Epinephelus areolatus FIN033744 Slide 120 mm)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Epinephelus areolatus FIN033747 Slide 120 mm)
To ITIS