Cephalopholis

Cephalopholis
Cephalopholis argus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Division: Teleostei
Order: Perciformes
Family: Epinephelidae
Genus: Cephalopholis
Bloch & Schneider, 1801
Type species
Cephalopholis argus
Schneider, 1801
Synonyms
  • Enneacentrus Gill, 1865
  • Petrometopon Gill, 1865
  • Uriphaeton Swainson, 1839

Cephalopholis is a genus of marine ray-finned fish, groupers from the subfamily Epinephelinae in the family Serranidae, which also includes the anthias and sea basses. Many of the species have the word "hind" as part of their common name in English.

Taxonomy

Recent molecular analyses have challenged the placement of the redmouth grouper in the monospecific genus Aethaloperca, in a study based on five different genes this species fell within the Cephalopholis clade, thus suggesting that the species should be included in this genus and referred to as Cephalopholis rogaa. Similarly, the masked grouper of the monospecific genus Gracila and the two species of creolefish (Paranthias colonus and Paranthias furcifer) were found to be nested within Cephalopholis.

Species

Cephalolophis contains the following 25 species:

Image Species Common name
Cephalopholis aitha

Randall & Heemstra, 1991

 Rusty hind
Cephalopholis argus

Schneider, 1801

 Peacock hind
Cephalopholis aurantia

(Valenciennes, 1828)

 Golden hind
Cephalopholis boenak

(Bloch, 1790)

 Chocolate hind
Cephalopholis colonus

(Valenciennes, 1846)

 Pacific creole-fish
Cephalopholis cruentata

(Lacépède, 1802)

 Graysby
Cephalopholis cyanostigma

(Valenciennes, 1828)

 Bluespotted hind
Cephalopholis formosa

(Shaw, 1812)

 Bluelined hind
Cephalopholis fulva

(Linnaeus, 1758)

 Coney
Cephalopholis hemistiktos

(Rüppell, 1830)

 Yellowfin hind
Cephalopholis igarashiensis

Katayama, 1957

 Garish hind
Cephalopholis leopardus

(Lacepède, 1801)

 Leopard hind
Cephalopholis microprion

(Bleeker, 1852)

 Freckled hind
Cephalopholis miniata

(Forsskål, 1775)

 Coral hind
Cephalopholis nigri

(Günther, 1859)

 Nigri hind
Cephalopholis nigripinnis

(Valenciennes, 1828)

 Blackfin grouper
Cephalopholis oligosticta

Randall & Ben-Tuvia, 1983

 Vermilion hind
Cephalopholis panamensis

(Steindachner 1876)

 Pacific graysby
Cephalopholis polleni

(Bleeker, 1868)

 Harlequin hind
Cephalopholis polyspila

Randall & Satapoomin, 2000

 Andaman hind
Cephalopholis sexmaculata

(Rüppell 1830)

 Sixblotch hind
Cephalopholis sonnerati

(Valenciennes 1828)

 Tomato hind
Cephalopholis spiloparaea

(Valenciennes 1828)

 Strawberry hind
Cephalopholis taeniops

(Valenciennes 1828)

 Bluespotted seabass
Cephalopholis urodeta

(Forster, 1801)

 Flagtail hind

References

  1. ↑ Fricke, Ron; Eschmeyer, William N. & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Cephalophis". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 9 June 2019.
  2. ↑ Fricke, Ron; Eschmeyer, William N. & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Epinephelinae". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 9 June 2020.
  3. ↑ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Cephalopholis". FishBase. December 2019 version.
  4. ↑ Schoelinck, C.; Hinsinger, D. D.; Dettaï, A.; Cruaud, C. & Justine, J.-L. (2014). "A phylogenetic re-analysis of groupers with applications for ciguatera fish poisoning". PLOS ONE. 9 e98198. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0098198. PMC 4122351. PMID 25093850.
  5. ↑ Ma, Ka Yan; Craig, Matthew T. (2018). "An Inconvenient Monophyly: An Update on the Taxonomy of the Groupers (Epinephelidae)". Copeia. 106 (3): 443–456. doi:10.1643/CI-18-055. ISSN 0045-8511.
  6. ↑ Fricke, Ron; Eschmeyer, William N. & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Cephalopholis". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 18 June 2026.