- Classification
- ACTINOPTERYGII
- PERCIFORMES
- SERRANIDAE
- Cephalopholis
- igarashiensis
Garish Hind, Cephalopholis igarashiensis Katayama 1957
Other Names: Deepwater Neptune Grouper, Goldbar Grouper, Japanese Cod, Neptune Grouper
A Garish Hind, Cephalopholis igarashiensis, in an aquarium. Source: Robert Fenner / Wet Web Media http://www.wetwebmedia.com/. License: All rights reserved
Summary:
A reddish-orange grouper with broad yellow bars on upper sides extending onto dorsal fin, and broad yellow irregular bands on head. Juveniles are more yellow becoming dark below, with several white bars on the body, a large black ocellus on the soft dorsal-fin base, blackish pelvic fins, and a black area on the anal-fin base.
Video of Cephalopholis igarashiensis and Richard Pyle catching the shrimps (Plesionika cf. flavicauda) that typically associate with the Garish Hindat ~130 m at Pohnpei Island, FSM 28th July 2015.
Video of a juvenile Garish Hind in an aquarium.
Video of Cephalopholis igarashiensis and Richard Pyle catching the shrimps (Plesionika cf. flavicauda) that typically associate with the Garish Hindat ~130 m at Pohnpei Island, FSM 28th July 2015.
Video of a juvenile Garish Hind in an aquarium.
Cite this page as:
Bray, D.J. 2016, Cephalopholis igarashiensis in Fishes of Australia, accessed 15 Jan 2025, https://fishesofaustralia.net.au/home/species/3845
Garish Hind, Cephalopholis igarashiensis Katayama 1957
More Info
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Distribution |
Recorded in Australia from Scott Reef, WA to the Arafura Sea, NT; also Christmas Island, Indian Ocean. The species occurs elsewhere in the tropical, east-Indo-west-central Pacific. Inhabits deep reefs on steep drop-offs, seamounts and offshore banks. |
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Features |
Dorsal fin IX, 14 rays, fin membranes distinctly indented between the spines, Anal fin III, 9; Pectoral fin 18-19, fin length 1.6-1.8 in HL; Pelvic fins reaching to or beyond anus, length 1.7-2.0 in HL; caudal fin rounded; Lateral-line scales 60 to 65; Lateral-scale series 101-117, lateral line noticeably arched over pectoral fin. Body scales ctenoid, without auxiliaries. |
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Colour |
Head, body ＆ fins reddish orange; 7 lemon-yellow bars on upper part of body, extending onto dorsal fin; three broad yellow bands radiating from eye; juveniles more yellowish, with a large black spot on upper body and soft dorsal fin, pelvic fins and spinous dorsal fin tips blackish. |
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Feeding |
Feeds on fishes and crustaceans. |
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Fisheries |
Taken by sports fishers and in subsistence fisheries in parts of its range. |
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Species Citation |
Cephalopholis igarashiensis Katayama, 1957, Japan. J. Ichthyol. 6: 156, fig. 3.Type locality: Sumisu-tu, Izu Islands, Japan. |
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Author |
Bray, D.J. 2016 |
Garish Hind, Cephalopholis igarashiensis Katayama 1957
References
Allen, G.R. & Erdmann, M.V. 2012. Reef fishes of the East Indies. Perth : Tropical Reef Research 3 vols, 1260 pp.
Allen, G.R., Steene, R.C. & Orchard, M. 2007. Fishes of Christmas Island. Christmas Island : Christmas Island Natural History Association 2 edn, 284 pp.
Allen, G.R. & Steene, R.C. 1988. Fishes of Christmas Island Indian Ocean. Christmas Island : Christmas Island Natural History Association 197 pp.
Cabanban, A.S., Fennessy, S., Russell, B. & Myers, R. 2008. Cephalopholis igarashiensis. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2014.3.
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
Katayama, M. 1957. Four new species of serranid fishes from Japan. Japanese Journal of Ichthyology 6: 153-159.
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
