Cephalapholis nigri ( GÜNTHER, 1859 )
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Cephalapholis nigri ( GÜNTHER, 1859)
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Serranus nigri GÜNTHER, 1859: 112 (type locality, mouth of the River Niger; holotype at the BMNH). STEINDACHNER, 1867: 517; 1879: 172; 1882: 21.
Serranas lineo-ocellatus GUICHENOT , in DUMÉRIL., 1861: 244 (type locality, Gabon, Gorée; syntypes MNHN 7370 (118 mm.) Gabon, MNHN 7371 (159 mm.) Goreé); STEINDACHNER, 1870: 582.
Epinephelus nigri BLEEICER, 1863: 45 ; BOULENGER, 1895: 178, Pl. 3, Fig. A; PELLEGRIN, 1914: 38; MONOD, 1927: 686; CADENAT, 1935: 391, Fig. 6 View Fig (copied from BOULENGER, 1895); Serranus cruentatus (non LACEPÈDE): PETERS: 1877: 244, Pl. 1, Fig. 1 View Fig .
Petrometopon nigri : FOWLER, 1936: 747, POLL, 1954. 45, Fig. 11 View Fig .
Diagnosis: Dorsal fin IX, 14- 15; anal fin III,8-9; pectoral fin rays 17- 18; lateral--line scales 45 -50; lateral scale series 73-80; gill-rakers 8- 10 + 14- 17; 5 or 6 rudiments on each limb. Body depth distinctly less than head length, contained 2.8-3.0 times in SL (for fish 11 - 15 cm. SL); head length 2.5 -2.6 times in SL; pectoral fins 1.4- 1.7 times in head length; pelvic fins reach anus, 1.6 - 1.9 times in head length. Caudal fm rounded; dorsal fin membranes distinctly indented between the spines. Eye diameter greater than interorbital width, 4.6-5.5 times in head length. Interorbital area flat; preopercle rounded, finely serrate, the lower edge fleshy; subopercle and interopercle smooth; upper edge of operculum convex. Maxilla scaly, reaching well past eye. Lateral body scales ctenoid, without auxiliary scales.
Colour: Dark brownish, with 3 or 4 indistinct dark bars on body (extending onto dorsal fin) and 2 more on caudal peduncle; belly reddish; sides of head with close-set reddish spots forming a reticulated pattern of dark lines; pelvic and anal fins dusky, with small pale (silvery?) spots; tips of interspinous dorsal fin membranes black.
Maximum total length: 30 cm.
GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION
Tropical eastern Atlantic from Sénégal to Lobito, Angola.
REMARKS
Cephalopholis nigri occurs on mud, sand and rock bottoms from shore to depths of 50 (?) m. It is occasionally found in estuaries.
MATERIAL EXAMINED
LIBERIA: CAS/SU 15900 (2, 110- 152 mm.). CAMEROUN: CAS/SU 55618 (111 mm.). GABON: MNHN 7370 (116 mm., holotype of Serranus lineo-acellatus GUICHENOT ). ANGOLA: Lobito : RUSI 2704 (156 mm.); SAM 24988 (3, 101- 185 mm.); UMML 30494 (2, 78- 116 mm.); Baia Farta : MB 154 (233 mm.).
1895. Catalogue of the Perciform Fishes in the British Museum. I. Second edition, Taylor and Francis, London. 394 pp.
CADENAT, J.: 1935. Les Serranides de la Cote occidentale d'Afrique (du Cap Spartel au Cap Vert). Rev. Trav. Off. (scient. tech.) Pech. marit., 8 (4): 377 - 422, 30 figs.
1936. The marine fishes of West Africa based on the collection of the American Museum Congo Expedition, 1909 - 1915. Part II. Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist, 70 (2): 607 - 1493.
GUNTHER, A.: 1859. Catalogue of the Acanthopteiygian fishes in the British Museum I. British Museum (Natural History), London. xxxi + 524 pp.
MONOD, T.: 1927. Contribution a la faune du Cameroun. Pisces I: 643 - 742, 35 figs. Faune des Colonies fiancaises, 1.
PELLEGRIN, J.: 1914. Mission Gruvel sur la cote occidentale d'Afrique (1905 - 12). Poissons. Annls. Inst oceanagr. Monaco, 6: 1 - 99, 2 pls., 15 figs.
1954. Poissons IV. Teleosteens Acanthopterygiens (Premiere Partie). Res. Sci. Exped. oceauogr. belg. Eaux cot. afr. Atlan. Sud. (1948 - 49). Inst R. Sci. Nat. Belge, 4 (3 A): 1 - 390, 107 figs., 9 pls.
STEINDACHNER, F.: 1867. Ichthyologische Notizen. IV. Sber. Akad. Wiss. Wien, 55: 517 - 534, 6 pls.
1870. Zur Fischfauna des Senegal. Sber. Akad. Wim. Wien, 61 (1): 533 - 583, 8 pls.
1879. Ichthyologische Beitrage. VIII. Sber. Akad. Wiss. Wien, 80 (1): 119 - 191, 3 pls.
1882. Beitrage zur Kenntniss der Fische Afrikas I. Beitrage zur Kenntniss der Meeresfische Senegambiens. Denkrchr. Akad. Wiss. Wien, 41: 19 - 51.
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Cephalapholis nigri ( GÜNTHER, 1859 )
Heemstra, P. C. 1991 |
Epinephelus nigri
BLEEICER 1863: 45 |
Serranus nigri GÜNTHER, 1859: 112
GUNTHER 1859: 112 |