WoRMS taxon details
Choerodon cephalotes (Castelnau, 1875)
277266 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:277266)
accepted
Species
Chaerops cephalotes Castelnau, 1875 · unaccepted
Chaerops hodgkinsonii Saville-Kent, 1893 · unaccepted (junior synonym - misspelling)
Chaerops macleayi Ramsay & Ogilby, 1887 · unaccepted
Chaerops perpulcher De Vis, 1885 · unaccepted (synonym)
Choerops hodgkinsonii Saville-Kent, 1893 · unaccepted
Choerops macleayi Ramsay & Ogilby, 1887 · unaccepted (synonym)
Choerops perpulcher De Vis, 1885 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Chaerops cephalotes Castelnau, 1875) Castelnau, F. L. (1875). Researches on the fishes of Australia.Official Record, containing Introduction, Catalogues, Official Awards of the Commissioners, Report and Recommendations of the Experts, and Essays and Statistics on the Social and Economic Resources of the Colony of Victoria. <em>Intercolonial Exhibition Essays.</em> Part VII (II): 1-52.
page(s): 39 [details]
page(s): 39 [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Choerodon cephalotes (Castelnau, 1875). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=277266 on 2026-01-25
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Chaerops cephalotes Castelnau, 1875) Castelnau, F. L. (1875). Researches on the fishes of Australia.Official Record, containing Introduction, Catalogues, Official Awards of the Commissioners, Report and Recommendations of the Experts, and Essays and Statistics on the Social and Economic Resources of the Colony of Victoria. <em>Intercolonial Exhibition Essays.</em> Part VII (II): 1-52.
page(s): 39 [details]
original description (of Chaerops perpulcher De Vis, 1885) De Vis, C. W. (1885). New fishes in the Queensland Museum. No. 5. <em>Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales.</em> v. 9 (pt 4): 869-887. [details]
original description (of Choerops macleayi Ramsay & Ogilby, 1887) Ramsay, E. P.; Ogilby, J. D. (1887). Descriptions of new Australian fishes. <em>Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales (Series 2).</em> v. 2 (pt 2, 3): 241-243, 561-564. [Pages 241-243 appeared in part 2, Aug. 31; pages 561-564 in part 3, Nov. 30.]. [details]
page(s): 39 [details]
original description (of Chaerops perpulcher De Vis, 1885) De Vis, C. W. (1885). New fishes in the Queensland Museum. No. 5. <em>Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales.</em> v. 9 (pt 4): 869-887. [details]
original description (of Choerops macleayi Ramsay & Ogilby, 1887) Ramsay, E. P.; Ogilby, J. D. (1887). Descriptions of new Australian fishes. <em>Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales (Series 2).</em> v. 2 (pt 2, 3): 241-243, 561-564. [Pages 241-243 appeared in part 2, Aug. 31; pages 561-564 in part 3, Nov. 30.]. [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). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Barcode of Life (14 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Chaerops cephalotes Castelnau, 1875)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Choerodon cephalotes)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Chaerops cephalotes Castelnau, 1875)
To FishBase (from synonym Chaerops perpulcher De Vis, 1885)
To FishBase (from synonym Chaerops macleayi Ramsay & Ogilby, 1887)
To FishBase (from synonym Chaerops hodgkinsonii Saville-Kent, 1893)
To FishBase (from synonym Choerops macleayi Ramsay & Ogilby, 1887)
To Fishbase (from synonym Choerops perpulcher De Vis, 1885)
To Fishbase (from synonym Choerops hodgkinsonii Saville-Kent, 1893)
To GenBank (12 nucleotides; 8 proteins) (from synonym Chaerops cephalotes Castelnau, 1875)
To GenBank (12 nucleotides; 8 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Chaerops cephalotes Castelnau, 1875)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Choerodon cephalotes)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Chaerops cephalotes Castelnau, 1875)
To FishBase (from synonym Chaerops perpulcher De Vis, 1885)
To FishBase (from synonym Chaerops macleayi Ramsay & Ogilby, 1887)
To FishBase (from synonym Chaerops hodgkinsonii Saville-Kent, 1893)
To FishBase (from synonym Choerops macleayi Ramsay & Ogilby, 1887)
To Fishbase (from synonym Choerops perpulcher De Vis, 1885)
To Fishbase (from synonym Choerops hodgkinsonii Saville-Kent, 1893)
To GenBank (12 nucleotides; 8 proteins) (from synonym Chaerops cephalotes Castelnau, 1875)
To GenBank (12 nucleotides; 8 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To ITIS
