WoRMS taxon details
Cephalopholis fulva (Linnaeus, 1758)
279148 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:279148)
accepted
Species
Bodianus guativere Bloch & Schneider, 1801 · unaccepted
Cephalopholis fulvus (Linnaeus, 1758) · unaccepted (misspelling)
Epinephelus fulva (Linnaeus, 1758) · unaccepted
Epinephelus fulvus (Linnaeus, 1758) · unaccepted
Gymnocephalus ruber Bloch & Schneider, 1801 · unaccepted
Holocentrus auratus Bloch, 1790 · unaccepted
Labrus fulvus Linnaeus, 1758 · unaccepted
Perca punctata Linnaeus, 1758 · unaccepted
Serranus carauna Valenciennes, 1828 · unaccepted
Serranus ouatalibi Valenciennes, 1828 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Labrus fulvus Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. [iii] + 824 pp. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors 
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Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Cephalopholis fulva (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=279148 on 2026-08-05
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Bodianus guativere Bloch & Schneider, 1801) 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
page(s): 336 [details]
original description (of Labrus fulvus Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. [iii] + 824 pp. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors [request]
original description (of Serranus carauna 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., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.7339 [details]
original description (of Serranus ouatalibi 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., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.7339 [details]
original description (of Gymnocephalus ruber Bloch & Schneider, 1801) 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
page(s): 346, Pl. 67 [details]
original description (of Perca punctata Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. [iii] + 824 pp. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors [request]
original description (of Holocentrus auratus Bloch, 1790) Bloch, M. E. (1790). Naturgeschichte der ausländischen Fische. <em>Berlin.</em> v. 4: i-xii + 1-128, Pls. 217-252. [Also a French edition, Ichthyologie, ou Histoire naturelle, générale et particulière des poissons, v. 7, published 1797.].
page(s): 75, Pl. 236 [details]
page(s): 336 [details]
original description (of Labrus fulvus Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. [iii] + 824 pp. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors
[request]original description (of Serranus carauna 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., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.7339 [details]
original description (of Serranus ouatalibi 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., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.7339 [details]
original description (of Gymnocephalus ruber Bloch & Schneider, 1801) 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
page(s): 346, Pl. 67 [details]
original description (of Perca punctata Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. [iii] + 824 pp. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors
[request]original description (of Holocentrus auratus Bloch, 1790) Bloch, M. E. (1790). Naturgeschichte der ausländischen Fische. <em>Berlin.</em> v. 4: i-xii + 1-128, Pls. 217-252. [Also a French edition, Ichthyologie, ou Histoire naturelle, générale et particulière des poissons, v. 7, published 1797.].
page(s): 75, Pl. 236 [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
context source (Bermuda)
Smith-Vaniz, W. F.; Collette, B. B.; Luckhurst, B. E (1999). Fishes of Bermuda: History, zoogeography, annotated checklist, and identification keys
(American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists - Special Publication No.4)
. ASIH, 424 pp. [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 McEachran, J. D. (2009). Fishes (Vertebrata: Pisces) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 1223–1316 in: Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. [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 McEachran, J. D. (2009). Fishes (Vertebrata: Pisces) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 1223–1316 in: Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Barcode of Life (53 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Epinephelus fulva (Linnaeus, 1758))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (10 publications) (from synonym Epinephelus fulvus (Linnaeus, 1758))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (11 publications) (from synonym Bodianus guativere Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (12 publications) (from synonym Serranus carauna Valenciennes, 1828)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (14 publications) (from synonym Cephalopholis fulvus (Linnaeus, 1758))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (14 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (22 publications) (from synonym Labrus fulvus Linnaeus, 1758)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (22 publications) (from synonym Gymnocephalus ruber Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (26 publications) (from synonym Holocentrus auratus Bloch, 1790)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (31 publications) (from synonym Serranus ouatalibi Valenciennes, 1828)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (78 publications) (from synonym Perca punctata Linnaeus, 1758)
To Digital Atlas Of Marine Species & Locations, DAMSL (Coney) (from synonym Epinephelus fulvus (Linnaeus, 1758))
To Digital Atlas Of Marine Species & Locations, DAMSL (Coney) (from synonym Epinephelus fulvus (Linnaeus, 1758))
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Cephalopholis fulva)
To FishBase (from synonym Epinephelus fulvus (Linnaeus, 1758))
To FishBase (from synonym Labrus fulvus Linnaeus, 1758)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Bodianus guativere Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
To FishBase (from synonym Serranus carauna Valenciennes, 1828)
To FishBase (from synonym Gymnocephalus ruber Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
To FishBase (from synonym Serranus ouatalibi Valenciennes, 1828)
To FishBase (from synonym Holocentrus auratus Bloch, 1790)
To FishBase (from synonym Perca punctata Linnaeus, 1758)
To FishBase (from synonym Cephalopholis fulvus (Linnaeus, 1758))
To FishBase (from synonym Epinephelus fulva (Linnaeus, 1758))
To FishSounds
To GenBank (275 nucleotides; 90 proteins)
To GenBank (275 nucleotides; 90 proteins) (from synonym Labrus fulvus Linnaeus, 1758)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Cephalopholis fulva USNM 413185 lateral view)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Cephalopholis fulva USNM 413186 lateral view)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Epinephelus fulva (Linnaeus, 1758))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (10 publications) (from synonym Epinephelus fulvus (Linnaeus, 1758))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (11 publications) (from synonym Bodianus guativere Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (12 publications) (from synonym Serranus carauna Valenciennes, 1828)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (14 publications) (from synonym Cephalopholis fulvus (Linnaeus, 1758))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (14 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (22 publications) (from synonym Labrus fulvus Linnaeus, 1758)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (22 publications) (from synonym Gymnocephalus ruber Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (26 publications) (from synonym Holocentrus auratus Bloch, 1790)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (31 publications) (from synonym Serranus ouatalibi Valenciennes, 1828)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (78 publications) (from synonym Perca punctata Linnaeus, 1758)
To Digital Atlas Of Marine Species & Locations, DAMSL (Coney) (from synonym Epinephelus fulvus (Linnaeus, 1758))
To Digital Atlas Of Marine Species & Locations, DAMSL (Coney) (from synonym Epinephelus fulvus (Linnaeus, 1758))
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Cephalopholis fulva)
To FishBase (from synonym Epinephelus fulvus (Linnaeus, 1758))
To FishBase (from synonym Labrus fulvus Linnaeus, 1758)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Bodianus guativere Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
To FishBase (from synonym Serranus carauna Valenciennes, 1828)
To FishBase (from synonym Gymnocephalus ruber Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
To FishBase (from synonym Serranus ouatalibi Valenciennes, 1828)
To FishBase (from synonym Holocentrus auratus Bloch, 1790)
To FishBase (from synonym Perca punctata Linnaeus, 1758)
To FishBase (from synonym Cephalopholis fulvus (Linnaeus, 1758))
To FishBase (from synonym Epinephelus fulva (Linnaeus, 1758))
To FishSounds
To GenBank (275 nucleotides; 90 proteins)
To GenBank (275 nucleotides; 90 proteins) (from synonym Labrus fulvus Linnaeus, 1758)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Cephalopholis fulva USNM 413185 lateral view)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Cephalopholis fulva USNM 413186 lateral view)
To ITIS
