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Cephalopholis leopardus   (Lacepede,  1801) (Fish)
Organism information awaits expert curation

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Description
Size: Max length 24.0 cm TL(male/unsexed)

Color: Body orange to reddish, finely spotted with small bright red spots; 1 or 2 distinctive dusky to blackish occellated saddle-like blotches on caudal peduncle above; a dark brown streak from eye to edge of operculum. Pectoral fins yellowish orange; distal edges of dorsal and anal fins with a bright red streak, below this a white streak, then a dark red one.

A small sized serranid with a stout body. Mouth somewhat oblique, the maxillary (upper jaw) extending beyond posterior border of eye. Teeth villiform, forming rather broad bands, with a pair of short but strong canines on each side of symphysis of each jaw; teeth on vomer and palatines. Dorsal fin with 9 spines and 14 or 15 soft rays. Anal fin with 3 spines and 9 soft rays; second spine stronger and longer than third. Caudal fin rounded. Head covered with cycloid scales, on body ctenoid; lateral line with 72 to 87 scales; 6 or 7 rows of scales between lateral line and origin of dorsal fin.

Protogynous, external fertilization, nonguarders, open water/substratum egg scatterers.

Biogeography


• Tamil Nadu INDIA
• Kerala INDIA
• Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Mahatma Gandhi Marine National Park INDIA
• Andaman and Nicobar Islands INDIA

Literature Source(s)

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• Devi, K and Rao, DV (2003) Poisonous and venomous fishes of Andaman Islands, Bay of Bengal Occasional paper no 211 Records of The Zoolgical Survey of India ZSI, Calcutta 25934 Available at - NCL, Pune

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• Garpe, KC and Ohman, MC (2003) Coral and fish distribution patterns in Mafia Island marine park Tanzania fish habitat interactions Hydrobiologia Kluwer Academic Publishers 498 191-211 Available at - NIO, RC Kochi

• Talwar, PK and Kacker, RK (1984) Commercial sea fishes of India ZSI, Calcutta 997 pp Available at - NIO, Goa

• Society for the Management of European Biodiversity Data (2009) World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) Available at - http://www.marinespecies.org

• Fischer, W and Bianchi, G (Eds.) (1984) FAO species identification sheets for fishery purposes. Western Indian Ocean (Fishing Area 51) FAO, Rome 4 Available at - http://www.fao.org/docrep/009/ad468e/ad468e00.HTM#Contents

• Murty, VS (1996) Marine ornamental fishes of India Proceedings of the Seminar on Fisheries - A Multibillion Dollar Industry, Madras CMFRI 23-34 Available at - http://eprints.cmfri.org.in/7786/1/678-Mur.pdf

• Talwar, PK (1990) Fishes of Andaman and Nicobar Islands: A synoptic survey Journal of the Andaman Science Association Andaman Science Association, Port Blair 6(2) 71-102 Available at - NIO,Goa

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