Cephalopholis aurantia

Cephalopholis aurantia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Division: Teleostei
Order: Perciformes
Family: Epinephelidae
Genus: Cephalopholis
Species:
C. aurantia
Binomial name
Cephalopholis aurantia
(Valenciennes, 1828)
Synonyms[1]
  • Serranus analis Valenciennes in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1828
  • Serranus aurantius Valenciennes in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1828
  • Serranus rufus Hombron & Jacquinot in Jacquinot & Guichenot, 1853
  • Epinephelus miltostigma Bleeker, 1873
  • Bodianus indelebilis Fowler, 1904
  • Cephalopholis obtusauris Evermann & Seale, 1907

Cephalopholis aurantia, the golden hind, is a species of marine ray-finned fish, a grouper from the subfamily Epinephelinae. This rarely encountered species lives on steep seaward reefs of the Indo-Pacific.[2]

References

  1. ↑ Fricke, Ron; Eschmeyer, William N. & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species related to Cephalopholis aurantia". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 18 June 2026.
  2. ↑ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2025). "Cephalopholis aurantia". FishBase.


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