WoRMS taxon details
original description
Morgans, J. F. C. (1959). Three confusing species of serranid fish, one described as new, from East Africa. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 13).</em> 1 (10) (for 1958): 642-656, Pls. 17-18. [Date of publication confirmed by Evenhuis 2003:54 [ref. 27365].]. [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 [request]
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]
From other sources
Description Juveniles may be found in tidepools. Feeds on reef fishes, skates, crabs, and spiny lobsters. Considered to be exceedingly territorial and very aggressive towards intruders. These qualities make it vulnerable to spearfishermen. [details]
Type locality Mafia Island, Tanzania. [details]
From editor or global species database
From other sources
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