Species details : Cephalopholis nigri (Günther, 1859)

Accepted scientific name:
Cephalopholis nigri (Günther, 1859) (accepted name) 1 literature reference for Cephalopholis nigri  (Günther, 1859)
Synonyms:
Epinephelus nigri (Günther, 1859) (synonym) 1 literature reference for Epinephelus nigri (Günther, 1859)
Petrometopon nigri (Günther, 1859) (synonym) 1 literature reference for Petrometopon nigri (Günther, 1859)
Serranus cruentatus (non Peters, 1876) (misapplied name) 1 literature reference for Serranus cruentatus (non Peters, 1876)
Serranus lineo-ocellatus Guichenot, 1861 (synonym) 1 literature reference for Serranus lineo-ocellatus Guichenot, 1861
Serranus nigri Günther, 1859 (synonym) 1 literature reference for Serranus nigri Günther, 1859
Common names:
Common name Transliteration Language Country
عجوز النِّيجر أو لؤز النِّيجر - Arabic - Click here to show the literature
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Colo bobô - Creole, Portuguese São Tomé Island Click here to show the literature
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Cota uê - Creole, Portuguese São Tomé Island Click here to show the literature
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Niger hind - English - Click here to show the literature
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Niger seabass - English United Kingdom Click here to show the literature
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Orange-spotted sea perch - English United Kingdom Click here to show the literature
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Mérou - French France Click here to show the literature
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Mérou du Niger - French - Click here to show the literature
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黑九棘鱸 Hei jiou ji lu Mandarin Chinese China Click here to show the literature
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黑九棘鲈 - Mandarin Chinese - Click here to show the literature
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黑九棘鲈 Hei jiu ji lu Mandarin Chinese China Click here to show the literature
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Garoupa - Portuguese Angola Click here to show the literature
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Garoupa - Portuguese Dominican Rp
Garoupa - Portuguese Guinea-Bissau Click here to show the literature
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Garoupa-do-Niger - Portuguese Portugal Click here to show the literature
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Garoupa-negra - Portuguese Portugal Click here to show the literature
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Garoupa-preta - Portuguese Angola Click here to show the literature
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Garoupa-preta - Portuguese Portugal Click here to show the literature
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Cherna del Niger - Spanish - Click here to show the literature
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Classification:
Kingdom Animalia CoL
Phylum Chordata CoL
Class Actinopterygii FishBase
Order Perciformes FishBase
Family Serranidae FishBase
Genus Cephalopholis FishBase
Distribution: Eastern Atlantic: Senegal to Lobito, Angola, including the Canary Islands (Tenerife).
Lifezones: Brackish,marine
Additional data: -
Latest taxonomic scrutiny: 19-May-2014
Source database: FishBase, Jan 2015   99%
Bibliographic citation: Froese R. & Pauly D. (eds) (2025). FishBase (version Jan 2015). In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life, 2015 Annual Checklist (Roskov Y., Abucay L., Orrell T., Nicolson D., Kunze T., Flann C., Bailly N., Kirk P., Bourgoin T., DeWalt R.E., Decock W., De Wever A., eds). Digital resource at www.catalogueoflife.org/col. Species 2000: Naturalis, Leiden, the Netherlands. ISSN 2405-8858.
Online resource: http://www.fishbase.org/Summary/SpeciesSummary.php?ID=9202
CoL taxon LSID: urn:lsid:catalogueoflife.org:taxon:fd87566f-ac8e-11e3-805d-020044200006:col20150401