Scientific Name	Cephalopholis sonnerati   Pronounce			by: Lab of Fish Ecol. and Evo., BRCAS
Author	(Valenciennes, 1828)	Depth	10 - 40M
Chinese	宋氏九刺鮨	Poisonous Fish	No
Family_Chinese	鮨科	Economic Fish	Yes
Family	F338　Serranidae	Edible Fish	Yes	Chinese In Mainland China	索氏九棘鱸
Max Length	57 cm	Aquarium Fish	No	Common Name	網紋鱠、過魚、石斑、紅舵
Distribution in World	India Ocean to Pacific Ocean	Distribution in Taiwan	East、South、PonFu、Greeb IS.、Tung Sa IS.
Habitats	Coral、Coastal	Holotype Locality	Pondicherry, India
Synonyms	Cephalopholis aurantius, Cephalopholis cyanostigma, Cephalopholis formosanus, Cephalopholis purpureus, Cephalopolis sonnerati, Cepholopholis sonnerati, Epinephelus janthinopterus, Epinephelus multinotatus, Epinephelus sonnerati, Epinephelus unicolor, Serranus sonnerati, Serranus unicolor, Serranus zananella ...all 13..
Reference	臺灣魚類誌(沈等, 1993)；Fishes of the Great Barrier Reef and Coral Sea(Randall et al.,1990)  Randall, J. E., G. R. Allen etc. 1990 沈世傑 編 Shih-Chieh Shen ed. 1993 Heemstra, P.C. etc. 1993
Specimen List	ASIZP0056187. ASIZP0056222. ASIZP0056327. ASIZP0061289. ASIZP0074947. ASIZP0806494. ASIZP0916494. FRIP20506. FRIP21241. FRIP21437. FRIP21455. FRIP22305. NMMBP02307. NMMBP06383. NMMBP06398. NMMBP08678. NMMBP08688. NTUM02200. RUSI37065.
Barcode	2015-10-23,Chia-Hao Chang,CO1,%
Common Name	Red coral rod; Tomato rock-cod; Tomato grouper; Tomato sea bass; Tomato rockcod; Tomato hind; Tomato seabass
Redlist Status	Not in IUCN Redlist
Characteristic	Dorsal fin with IX spines and 14 to 16 rays, the membranes distinctly indented between the spines; anal fin with III spines and 9 rays; pectoral fins with 18 to 20 rays; pectoral fins subequal to pelvic fins, pectoral-fin length contained 1.5 to 1.7 times in head length for fish 9 to 30 cm standard length (in fish larger than 30 cm standard length, the pelvic fins are longer than the pectoral fins); pelvic fins reaching or extending beyond anus; caudal fin rounded. Lateral-body scales ctenoid; lateral-line scales 66 to 80; lateral-scale series 115 to 134.
habitats	C. sonnerati is a coral reef species usually caught in depths of 30 to 100 m, but at Madagascar it occurs in depths of 10 to 20 m. It feeds on fishes and crustaceans. According to Morgans (1982), females mature at about 28 cm standard length and ma
Distribution	Indo-Pacific from the east coast of Africa (from Socotra to Durban) to the Line Islands in the central Pacific; in the western Pacific, C. sonnerati ranges from southern Japan to southern Queensland. It is known from both continental and insular lo
Utility	This common and widespread species is commercial importance throughout most of its range.