Bluelined Rockcod, Cephalopholis formosa (Shaw & Nodder 1812)
Other Names: Bluelined Hind, Blue-lined Rockcod, Blue-lined Rock-cod
A Bluelined Rockcod, Cephalopholis formosa, at Pulau Paya Island, Peninsula Malaysia. Source: William T. White. License: All rights reserved
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Dianne J. Bray, Cephalopholis formosa in Fishes of Australia, accessed 19 Apr 2024, https://fishesofaustralia.net.au/Home/species/4411
Bluelined Rockcod, Cephalopholis formosa (Shaw & Nodder 1812)
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Distribution |
Recorded in Australia from the North West Shelf, Western Australia. There are unconfirmed records from the Great Barrier Reef that may be misidentifications of Cephalopholis boenak. The species occurs elsewhere in the tropical, east-Indo-west Pacific. |
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Species Citation |
Sciaena formosa Shaw & Nodder, 1812, The Naturalist's Miscellany: pl. 1007. Type locality: Vizagapatam, India. |
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Author |
Dianne J. Bray |
Bluelined Rockcod, Cephalopholis formosa (Shaw & Nodder 1812)
References
Allen, G.R. 1997. Marine Fishes of Tropical Australia and South-east Asia. Perth : Western Australian Museum 292 pp. 106 pls.
Allen, G.R. & Erdmann, M.V. 2012. Reef fishes of the East Indies. Perth : Tropical Reef Research 3 vols, 1260 pp.
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Heemstra, P.C. & Randall, J.E. 1993. Groupers of the World (Family Serranidae, Subfamily Epinephelinae). An annotated and illustrated catalogue of grouper, rockcod, hind, coral grouper and lyretail species known to date. FAO Fisheries Synopsis No. 125 Vol. 16. Rome: FAO. pp. 1-382.
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 2069-2790 pp.
Pollard, D., Heemstra, P.C., Myers, R. & Fennessy, S. 2008. Cephalopholis formosa. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2014.3.
Randall, J.E., Allen, G.R. & Steene, R. 1990. Fishes of the Great Barrier Reef and Coral Sea. Bathurst : Crawford House Press 507 pp. figs.
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.
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.
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.
