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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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.

Species Citation

Sciaena formosa Shaw & Nodder, 1812, The Naturalist's Miscellany: pl. 1007. Type locality: Vizagapatam, India.

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.

Allen, G.R. & Swainston, R. 1988. The Marine Fishes of North-Western Australia. A field guide for anglers and divers. Perth, WA : Western Australian Museum vi 201 pp., 70 pls.

Craig, M.T., Sadovy de Mitcheson, Y.J. & Heemstra, P.C. 2011. Groupers of the World: a Field and Market Guide. Grahamstown, South Africa : NISC Ltd 356 pp., Appendix 47 pp.

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. . Downloaded on 05 March 2015.

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.

Quick Facts


CAAB Code:37311137

Conservation:IUCN Least Concern

Depth:1-30 m

Habitat:Reef associated

Max Size:34 cm TL

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