Species Cephalopholis formosa (Shaw & Nodder, 1812)
Bluelined Rockcod, Blue-Lined Grouper, Blue-lined Rock-cod, Blue-lined Rockcod, Bluelined Hind
- Sciaena formosa Shaw, G. & Nodder, F.P. 1812. The Naturalist's Miscellany, or coloured figures of natural objects; drawn and described from nature. London Vol. 23 pls 997–1020, unnumbered pages. [pl. 1007] [based on Rahtee bontoo Russell, P. 1803. Descriptions and Figures of 200 Fishes, Collected at Vizagapatam on the Coast of Coromandel. London : East India Co. Vol. 1, 78 pp.; Vol. 2, 85 pp.; 208 pls. (22 pl. 26); authorship often attributed to Shaw].
Type data:
Status unknown, whereabouts unknown, Vizagapatam, India.
Generic Combinations
- Cephalopholis formosa (Shaw & Nodder, 1812). —
Randall, J.E. & Heemstra, P.C. 1991. Revision of Indo-Pacific groupers (Perciformes: Serranidae: Epinephelinae), with descriptions of five new species. Indo-Pacific Fishes 20: 1-332 [43] (changed combination cited; species often incorrectly treated as a synonym of Cephalopholis boenak)
Miscellaneous Literature Names
- Cephalopholis boenack (Bloch, 1790) [misidentification]. —
McCulloch, A.R. 1929. A check-list of the fishes recorded from Australia. Part II. Memoirs of the Australian Museum 5: 145–329 [150]
Introduction
Species often incorrectly treated as a synonym of Cephalopholis boenak
Distribution
States
Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
North West Shelf, WA, records from Great Barrier Reef unconfirmed, but records of Cephalopholis beonak from QLD may be misidentifications of this species; tropical, east-Indo-west Pacific.
IMCRA
Northwest Shelf Province (27)
Ecological Descriptors
Benthic, continental shelf, coral reef, inshore, marine.
Extra Ecological Information
10-30 m.
General References
Heemstra, P.C. & Randall, J.E. 1999. Family Serranidae. pp. 2442-2548 in Carpenter, K.E. & Niem, T.H. (eds). The Living Marine Resources of the Western Central Pacific. FAO Species Identification Guide for Fisheries Purposes. Rome : FAO Vol. 4 pp. 2069-2790. [2478]
Munro, I.S.R. 1961. Handbook of Australian fishes. Nos 1–42. Australian Fisheries Newsletter 15–17, 19, 20: 1-172 [published as separates 1956–1961] [157] (952 as C. boenack)
Randall, J.E., Allen, G.R. & Steene, R. 1997. Fishes of the Great Barrier Reef and Coral Sea. Bathurst : Crawford House Press 557 pp. figs. [102] (Cephalopholis boenack auctorum, has been incorrectly applied in the Australian literature to specimens of C. formosa; C. boenak is a senior synomym of C. pachycentron)
Randall, J.E. & Heemstra, P.C. 1991. Revision of Indo-Pacific groupers (Perciformes: Serranidae: Epinephelinae), with descriptions of five new species. Indo-Pacific Fishes 20: 1-332 [43]
Whitley, G.P. 1964. A survey of Australian Ichthyology. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 89(1): 11-127 [41] (831 as C. boenack)
Common Name References
Allen, G.R. & Erdmann, M.V. 2012. Reef fishes of the East Indies. Perth : Tropical Reef Research 3 vols, 1260 pp. [262] (Blue-Lined Grouper)
Munro, I.S.R. 1961. Handbook of Australian fishes. Nos 1–42. Australian Fisheries Newsletter 15–17, 19, 20: 1-172 [published as separates 1956–1961] [157] (misidentified as C. boenak) (Blue-lined Rock-cod)
Randall, J.E., Allen, G.R. & Steene, R. 1997. Fishes of the Great Barrier Reef and Coral Sea. Bathurst : Crawford House Press 557 pp. figs. [102] (Blue-lined Rockcod)
Seafood Services Australia 2008. Australian Fish Names Standard. http://www.fishnames.com.au/. (Bluelined Rockcod)
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30-Sep-2019 | SERRANIDAE | 12-Jan-2019 | MODIFIED | Dr Doug Hoese Dr Matthew Lockett |
| 03-Dec-2012 | 03-Dec-2012 | MODIFIED | ||
| 30-Mar-2010 | MODIFIED |