Species FAO code: OFW

Choerodon cephalotes

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Commercial designations
Production methods and fishing gears
Species distribution and habitat
Species description

Commercial designations

Country	Commercial designations	Names accepted or permitted locally or regionally
Austria	de Lippfisch	–
Finland	fi purppurahuulikala sv purpurgylta	–
Germany	de Lippfisch	–
Slovenia	sl ustnače	–
Spain	es Vieja	Galicia: Xulia

Main production methods

Caught

Main fishing gears

Source: Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. FishBase. Choerodon cephalotes (Castelnau, 1875)

Habitat

Saltwater

FAO major fishing areas

Source: Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. FishBase. Choerodon cephalotes (Castelnau, 1875)

Scientific name

Choerodon cephalotes

Author

(Castelnau, 1875)

Rank

Species

FAO code

OFW

Morphological description

Body scales edged with blue giving sides uneven banded appearance. No small prominent black spot on side. A horizontally elongate dusky blotch present below centre of fin in some specimens. Head with many small orange spots on cheek, forehead crossed by 4 or 5 sets of alternating blue and orange stripes. Second prominent anterior canine in lower jaw distinctly smaller than first in adults, directed dorsolaterally and curved slightly posteriorly. 1 to 3 scales on subopercle. (Ref 9823)

Taxonomic classification

ClassActinopterygii
- OrderPerciformes
  - FamilyLabridae
    - GenusChoerodon
      - SpeciesChoerodon cephalotes

Synonyms

Choerops hodgkinsonii Saville-Kent, 1893
Chaerops cephalotes Castelnau, 1875
Choerops macleayi Ramsay & Ogilby, 1887
Choerops perpulcher De Vis, 1885

Source: Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. FishBase. Choerodon cephalotes (Castelnau, 1875)

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Choerodon cephalotes

Commercial designations

Main production methods

Main fishing gears

Hooks and lines

Pots and traps

Trawls

Habitat

FAO major fishing areas

Area 57 - Indian Ocean, Eastern

Area 71 - Pacific, Western Central