Species details : Cephalopholis sonnerati (Valenciennes, 1828)

Accepted scientific name:
Cephalopholis sonnerati (Valenciennes, 1828) (accepted name) 1 literature reference for Cephalopholis sonnerati  (Valenciennes, 1828)
Synonyms:
Cephalopholis aurantius (non Valenciennes, 1828) (misapplied name) 1 literature reference for Cephalopholis aurantius (non Valenciennes, 1828)
Cephalopholis cyanostigma (non Valenciennes, 1828) (misapplied name) 1 literature reference for Cephalopholis cyanostigma (non Valenciennes, 1828)
Cephalopholis formosanus (non Tanaka, 1911) (misapplied name) 1 literature reference for Cephalopholis formosanus (non Tanaka, 1911)
Cephalopholis purpureus Fourmanoir, 1966 (synonym) 1 literature reference for Cephalopholis purpureus Fourmanoir, 1966
Cephalopolis sonnerati (Valenciennes, 1828) (synonym) 1 literature reference for Cephalopolis sonnerati (Valenciennes, 1828)
Cepholopholis sonnerati (Valenciennes, 1828) (synonym) 1 literature reference for Cepholopholis sonnerati (Valenciennes, 1828)
Epinephelus janthinopterus Bleeker, 1873 (synonym) 1 literature reference for Epinephelus janthinopterus Bleeker, 1873
Epinephelus multinotatus (non Peters, 1876) (misapplied name) 1 literature reference for Epinephelus multinotatus (non Peters, 1876)
Epinephelus sonnerati (Valenciennes, 1828) (synonym) 1 literature reference for Epinephelus sonnerati (Valenciennes, 1828)
Epinephelus unicolor Bleeker, 1875 (synonym) 1 literature reference for Epinephelus unicolor Bleeker, 1875
Serranus sonnerati Valenciennes, 1828 (synonym) 1 literature reference for Serranus sonnerati Valenciennes, 1828
Serranus unicolor Liénard, 1874 (synonym) 1 literature reference for Serranus unicolor Liénard, 1874
Serranus zananella Valenciennes, 1828 (synonym) 1 literature reference for Serranus zananella Valenciennes, 1828
Common names:
Common name Transliteration Language Country
Aloro - - Madagascar Click here to show the literature
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Tamatie-klipkabeljou - Afrikaans South Africa Click here to show the literature
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عجوز أَنَناس - Arabic - Click here to show the literature
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M'Voue - Comorian Comoros Click here to show the literature
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Maman rouge - Creole, French Mauritius Click here to show the literature
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Msye angar - Creole, French Seychelles Click here to show the literature
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Rouge ananas - Creole, French Réunion Click here to show the literature
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Vieille ananas - Creole, French Mauritius Click here to show the literature
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Coral cod - English Australia Click here to show the literature
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Red coral rod - English United Kingdom Click here to show the literature
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Red rockcod - English India(India) Click here to show the literature
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Tomato grouper - English Hawaii Click here to show the literature
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Tomato grouper - English Micronesia Click here to show the literature
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Tomato hind - English - Click here to show the literature
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Tomato hind - English Djibouti Click here to show the literature
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Tomato hind - English Philippines(Tawi-tawi; Jolo, Sulu; Surigao del Norte (Cagdiana) Click here to show the literature
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Tomato rock cod - English Indonesia Click here to show the literature
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Tomato rock-cod - English Papua New Guinea Click here to show the literature
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Tomato rockcod - English Australia Click here to show the literature
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Tomato rockcod - English Papua New Guinea Click here to show the literature
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Tomato rockcod - English South Africa Click here to show the literature
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Tomato sea bass - English United Kingdom Click here to show the literature
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Tomato seabass - English India(India) Click here to show the literature
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Tomato seabass - English Mozambique Click here to show the literature
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Mérou tomate - French Maldives Click here to show the literature
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Prude rouge - French Réunion Click here to show the literature
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Vieille ananas - French Djibouti Click here to show the literature
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Vieille ananas - French Seychelles Click here to show the literature
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Vielle ananas - French - Click here to show the literature
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Tomaten-Zackenbarsch - German Germany Click here to show the literature
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Uhami - Ivatan Philippines(Batanes) Click here to show the literature
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Azahata - Japanese Japan Click here to show the literature
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Lapu-lapu - Kapampangan Philippines Click here to show the literature
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Alovo - Malagasy Madagascar Click here to show the literature
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Tsaramaso - Malagasy Madagascar Click here to show the literature
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Kerapu antu - Malay (individual language) Malaysia Click here to show the literature
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Kerapu merah - Malay (individual language) Malaysia Click here to show the literature
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Chem-kalava - Malayalam India(Kerala) Click here to show the literature
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Chencheerachammam - Malayalam India(Laccadives Island) Click here to show the literature
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Choppuchammam - Malayalam India(Laccadives Island) Click here to show the literature
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Sonna kalawa - Malayalam India(Kerala) Click here to show the literature
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ചെം കലവ - Malayalam India
ചെംകലവ - Malayalam India
ചെഞ്ചീര ചമ്മം - Malayalam India
ചെന് ചേരചാമ്മാം  - Malayalam India
ചോപ്പുചാമ്മാം  - Malayalam India
ചോപ്പുച്ചമ്മം - Malayalam India
സൊന്ന കലവ  - Malayalam India
സൊര്ണ്ണ കലവ - Malayalam India
Ryfana - Maldivian India(Laccadives Island) Click here to show the literature
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宋氏九刺鮨 Song shi jiu ci ci Mandarin Chinese China Click here to show the literature
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宋氏九刺鮨 Song shih jiu cih ci Mandarin Chinese Taiwan Click here to show the literature
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石斑 Shi ban Mandarin Chinese China Click here to show the literature
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石斑 Shih ban Mandarin Chinese Taiwan Click here to show the literature
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紅九棘鱸 Hong jiu ji lu Mandarin Chinese China Click here to show the literature
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紫色九棘鱸 Zih se jiou ji lu Mandarin Chinese China Click here to show the literature
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紫色九棘鲈 Zi se jiu ji lu Mandarin Chinese China Click here to show the literature
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红九棘鲈 - Mandarin Chinese - Click here to show the literature
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红九棘鲈 Hong jiu ji lu Mandarin Chinese China Click here to show the literature
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过鱼 Guo yu Mandarin Chinese China Click here to show the literature
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過魚 Guo yu Mandarin Chinese Taiwan Click here to show the literature
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- Mandarin Chinese Taiwan Click here to show the literature
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Hui Mandarin Chinese China Click here to show the literature
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Lapu-lapu - Maranao/Samal/Tao Sug Philippines(Tawi-tawi; Jolo,Sulu) Click here to show the literature
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Gobra - Marathi India(Maharashtra) Click here to show the literature
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Hekaru - Marathi India(Maharashtra) Click here to show the literature
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गोबरा - Marathi India
हीकरू - Marathi India
Mwananuya - Misima-Paneati Papua New Guinea Click here to show the literature
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Kaupatuo - Niuean Niue Click here to show the literature
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Graniec czerwony - Polish Poland Click here to show the literature
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Garoupa - Portuguese Mozambique(Maputo, Mozambique) Click here to show the literature
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Garoupa tomate - Portuguese Mozambique Click here to show the literature
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Guitongue - Portuguese Mozambique Click here to show the literature
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Londu - Portuguese Mozambique Click here to show the literature
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Xissumba - Portuguese Mozambique(Inhassoro, Mozambique) Click here to show the literature
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Mata'ele - Samoan Samoa Click here to show the literature
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Velo - Samoan Samoa Click here to show the literature
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Ran thambuva - Sinhalese Sri Lanka Click here to show the literature
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Ran thambuwa - Sinhalese Sri Lanka Click here to show the literature
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Caalo - Somali Somalia Click here to show the literature
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Cherna piña - Spanish - Click here to show the literature
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Lapu - Surigaonon Philippines(Dapa, Surigao del Norte) Click here to show the literature
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Lapu-lapu - Surigaonon Philippines(Surigao del Norte (Cagdianao; Surigao City)) Click here to show the literature
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Lapu-lapu - Tagalog Philippines Click here to show the literature
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Segepu kaleva - Tamil Sri Lanka Click here to show the literature
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Siggapu-cullawah - Tamil India Click here to show the literature
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Siggapu-cullawah - Tamil Sri Lanka Click here to show the literature
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சிகப்பு கலவா - Tamil India
சீகப்பீளீ - Tamil India
Bontoo - Telugu India Click here to show the literature
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బొంతు   - Telugu India
Ca mu do nau - Vietnamese Viet Nam Click here to show the literature
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Cá Mú đỏ nâu - Vietnamese Viet Nam 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: Indo-Pacific: east coast of Africa (Djibouti, Socotra to Durban) to the Line Islands, north to southern Japan, south to southern Queensland (Australia). Not found at the Chagos Archipelago despite intensive survey and not reported from the Red Sea and Persian Gulf.
Lifezones: 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=6454
CoL taxon LSID: urn:lsid:catalogueoflife.org:taxon:fd8d6c5f-ac8e-11e3-805d-020044200006:col20150401