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WoRMS taxon detailsCephalopholis argus Schneider, 1801
218174 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:218174)
accepted
Species
Bodianus guttatus Bloch, 1790 · unaccepted
Bodianus jacobevertsen Lacepède, 1802 · unaccepted
Bodianus jacob-evertsen Lacepède, 1802 · unaccepted (misspelling)
Cephalopholis guttata (Bloch) · unaccepted
Cephalopolis argus Schneider, 1801 · unaccepted (misspelling)
Epinephelus argus (Schneider, 1801) · unaccepted
Serranus guttatus (Bloch, 1790) · unaccepted
Serranus immunerur Montrouzier, 1857 · unaccepted
Serranus myriaster Valenciennes, 1828 · unaccepted
Serranus thyrsites Saville-Kent, 1893 · unaccepted
marine,
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 [details]
Description Found in a variety of coral habitats from tide pools to depths of at least 40 m; prefers the 1 to 10 m reef zone. Feeds...
Description Found in a variety of coral habitats from tide pools to depths of at least 40 m; prefers the 1 to 10 m reef zone. Feeds mainly on fishes (75 - 95%) and to a lesser extent on crustaceans. In the Red Sea, it feeds early in the morning and late afternoon (Ref. 6775); but at Madagascar, it appears to feed more at night (Ref. 6774). Implicated in ciguatera at some of the islands in Pacific region. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Cephalopholis argus Schneider, 1801. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=218174 on 2025-04-27
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Nomenclatureoriginal description
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 [details] original description (of Bodianus guttatus 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): 36, Pl. 224 [details] original description (of Bodianus jacobevertsen Lacepède, 1802) Lacepède, B.G.E. (1802). Histoire naturelle des poissons: IV. <em>chez Plassan: Paris, France.</em> v. 4: i-xliv + 1-728, Pl. 1-16., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6705733 page(s): 283, 296 [details] original description (of Serranus myriaster 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] basis of record Randall, J. E. (1992). Red Sea Reef Fishes. <em>Immel Publishing.</em> [details] Ecologyecology 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]  Othercontext source (Introduced species)
Molnar, J.L., R.L. Gamboa, C. Revenga & M.D. Spalding. (2008). Assessing the global threat of invasive species to marine biodiversity. <em>Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment.</em> 6(9): 485-492., available online at https://www.conservationgateway.org/ConservationPractices/Marine/Pages/marineinvasives.aspx [details] Available for editors
 [request]context source (HKRMS) Hong Kong marine fish database. <em>AFCD.</em> , available online at https://www.hk-fish.net/en/fish/introduction/ [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]  Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Description Found in a variety of coral habitats from tide pools to depths of at least 40 m; prefers the 1 to 10 m reef zone. Feeds mainly on fishes (75 - 95%) and to a lesser extent on crustaceans. In the Red Sea, it feeds early in the morning and late afternoon (Ref. 6775); but at Madagascar, it appears to feed more at night (Ref. 6774). Implicated in ciguatera at some of the islands in Pacific region. [details]
To Barcode of Life (126 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Serranus immunerur Montrouzier, 1857) To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Serranus thyrsites Saville-Kent, 1893) To Biodiversity Heritage Library (26 publications) (from synonym Epinephelus argus (Schneider, 1801)) To Biodiversity Heritage Library (29 publications) (from synonym Serranus myriaster Valenciennes, 1828) To Biodiversity Heritage Library (55 publications) (from synonym Bodianus guttatus Bloch, 1790) To Biodiversity Heritage Library (55 publications) (from synonym Serranus guttatus (Bloch, 1790)) To Biodiversity Heritage Library (59 publications) To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Epinephelus argus (Schneider, 1801)) To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Cephalopholis argus) To FishBase (from synonym Bodianus guttatus Bloch, 1790) To FishBase (from synonym Serranus immunerur Montrouzier, 1857) To FishBase (from synonym Bodianus jacobevertsen Lacepède, 1802) To FishBase (from synonym Epinephelus argus (Schneider, 1801)) To FishBase To FishBase (from synonym Serranus thyrsites Saville-Kent, 1893) To FishBase (from synonym Serranus myriaster Valenciennes, 1828) To FishBase (from synonym Cephalopolis argus Schneider, 1801) To FishBase (from synonym Bodianus jacob-evertsen Lacepède, 1802) To FishBase (from synonym Serranus guttatus (Bloch, 1790)) To FishBase images (Cephalopholis argus, by Randall, J.E.) To FishSounds To GenBank (276 nucleotides; 254 proteins) To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI) To IUCN Red List (Least Concern) To NMNH Extant Collection (Cephalopholis argus P02671 transparency) To NMNH Extant Collection (Cephalopholis argus USNM 423470 photograph lateral view) To ITIS |
