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Cephalopholis argus Argus Grouper, Blue-spotted Grouper, Peacock Grouper, Peacock Hind, Peacock Rockcod, Worldwide-peacock Rockcod

Cephalopholis argusis commonly referred to as Argus Grouper, Blue-spotted Grouper, Peacock Grouper, Peacock Hind, Peacock Rockcod, Worldwide-peacock Rockcod. Difficulty in the aquarium: Only for advanced aquarists. A aquarium size of at least 3000 Liter is recommended. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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Cephalopholis argus, Peacock grouper Puerto Galera, Philippines, Copyright Paddy Ryan


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lexID:
37 
AphiaID:
218174 
Scientific:
Cephalopholis argus 
German:
Blaupunkt-Zackenbarsch 
English:
Argus Grouper, Blue-spotted Grouper, Peacock Grouper, Peacock Hind, Peacock Rockcod, Worldwide-peacock Rockcod 
Category:
Groupers 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Perciformes (Order) > Serranidae (Family) > Cephalopholis (Genus) > argus (Species) 
Initial determination:
Schneider, 1801 
Occurrence:
Eritrea, Hong Kong, Djibouti, (the) Maldives, American Samoa, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Australia, Bangladesh, Brunei Darussalam, Caroline Island, Central Pazific, China, Christmas Islands, Comores, Cook Islands, Egypt, Fiji, French Polynesia, Great Barrier Reef, Guam, Gulf of Oman / Oman, Hawaii, India, Indian Ocean, Indo Pacific, Indonesia, Israel, Japan, Jordan, Kenya, Kiribati, Lord Howe Island, Madagascar, Malaysia, Marquesas Islands, Marschall Islands, Mauritius, Mayotte, Micronesia, Mozambique, Myanmar, New Caledonia, Niue, Northern Mariana Islands, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Pitcairn Islands, Raja Amat, Red Sea, Réunion , Samoa, Singapore, Solomon Islands, Somalia, South-Africa, Sri Lanka, Sumatra, Tahiti, Taiwan, Tansania, Thailand, The Bangai Archipelago, The Chagos Archipelago (the Chagos Islands), the Cocos Islands / Keeling Islands, the Seychelles, Timor, Tonga, Tuamoto Islands, Tuvalu, Vanuatu, Vietnam, Wake Atoll, Wallis and Futuna, Yemen 
Sea depth:
1 - 40 Meter 
Size:
up to 17.72" (45 cm) 
Temperature:
73.4 °F - 82.4 °F (23°C - 28°C) 
Food:
Crustaceans, Fish (little fishes), Schrimps, Shrimps, Smelts 
Tank:
659.94 gal (~ 3000L)  
Difficulty:
Only for advanced aquarists 
Offspring:
Not available as offspring 
Toxicity:
Toxic hazard unknown 
CITES:
Not evaluated 
Red List:
Least concern (LC)  
Related species at
Catalog of Life:
 
More related species
in this lexicon:
 
Author:
Publisher:
Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:
Last edit:
2018-01-29 10:12:32 

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Cephalopholis argus Schneider, 1801

See C. altivelis.

Food: Stints and pealed crabs.

Synonyms:
Bodianus guttatus Bloch, 1790
Bodianus jacobevertsen Lacepède, 1802
Bodianus jacob-evertsen Lacepède, 1802
Cephalopholis guttata (Bloch)
Cephalopolis argus Schneider, 1801
Epinephelus argus (Schneider, 1801)
Serranus guttatus (Bloch, 1790)
Serranus immunerur Montrouzier, 1857
Serranus myriaster Valenciennes, 1828
Serranus thyrsites Saville-Kent, 1893

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Pisces (Superclass) > Actinopteri (Class) > Perciformes (Order) > Percoidei (Suborder) > Serranidae (Family) > Epinephelinae (Subfamily) > Cephalopholis (Genus) > Cephalopholis argus (Species)

Scientific paper

  1. Demographic patterns in the peacock grouper (Cephalopholis argus), an introduced Hawaiian reef fish, Mary K. Donovan, Alan M. Friedlander, Edward E. DeMartini, Megan J. Donahue, Ivor D. Williams, 2013
  2. Proteomic analysis of hepatic tissue of ciguatoxin (CTX) contaminated coral reef fish Cephalopholis argus and moray eel Gymnothorax undulatus, Xi-Wen Jiang; Xiaomin Li; Paul Kwan Sing Lam; Shuk Han Cheng; Daniel Schlenk; Yvonne Sadovy de Mitcheson; Ying Li; Ji-Dong Gu; Leo Lai Chan, 2012
  3. Phylogeography of the reef fishCephalopholis argus(Epinephelidae) indicates Pleistocene isolation across the indo-pacific barrier with contemporary overlap in the coral triangle, Michelle R Gaither; Brian W Bowen; Tiana-Rae Bordenave; Luiz A Rocha; Stephen J Newman; Juan A Gomez; Lynne van Herwerden; Matthew T Craig, 2011
  4. Host introduction and parasites: a case study on the parasite community of the peacock grouperCephalopholis argus(Serranidae) in the Hawaiian Islands, Matthias Vignon; Pierre Sasal; René Galzin, 2009
  5. Pseudorhabdosynochus argusn. sp. (Monogenea: Diplectanidae) fromCephalopholis argus,P. minutusn. sp. andDiplectanum nanusn. sp. fromC. sonneratiand other monogeneans fromCephalopholisspp. (Perciformes: Serranidae) off Australia and New Caledonia, Jean-Lou Justine, 2007

External links

  1. FishBase (multi). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
  2. Hippocampus Bildarchiv (de) (Archive.org). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
  3. Homepage Dr. Paddy Ryan (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.

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