Species · accepted · checked 2026-08-05

Cephalopholis colonus

Pacific creolefish

WoRMS 1750630ITIS 551113GBIF 2387693key worms:1750630

Silhouette · Carlos Cano-Barbacil · CC0 1.0 · PhyloPic, drawn from Sander lucioperca

Pacific creolefish35.6 cm

bongo net ring71 cm

Panamic Sergeant Major Abudefduf troschelii across top King Angelfish Holacanthus passer next to top Pacific Creolefish Cephalopholis colonus mostly lower half plus some other species, including a Gia — Photo · Paul and Jill · CC BY 2.0 · commons

Cephalopholis colonus is a species of grouper found in the Eastern Pacific Ocean. They are typically found in small aggregations well above reefs, but will retreat to the reef at the approach of danger.W CalCOFI holds 2 observations of it in 1 dataset between 2000 and 2003, as larva.R

2
observations: 2
records: 2
sampling events: 2000–2003
years: 1
datasets: larva
life stages

Observed in
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One row per dataset, one cell per year, darker with more observations — the same strip the front door draws per dataset. Each row ends with the name that dataset uses (dataset_taxon); the accepted name is written once, in the title above. A quiet pill marks a name the authority does not accept.

Ichthyoplankton 2 obs · 2 events · 2000–2003 · larva
name used: Paranthias colonus Pacific creolefish · code 453 synonym

How big is it
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Every mark is a measured length with its own source — hover one to read it. The reference objects are _data/size_reference.csv: two of them, the 505 µm bongo mesh and the net's ring, are CalCOFI's own sampling gear.

Ways in
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Read from taxa.json of release v2026.09.11, written at release by calcofi4db::build_taxa_catalog(). The catalog's index is /species/.

Explorer db-query

ERDDAPCalCOFI's own server, the Ichthyoplankton table constrained to this taxon

https://erddap.calcofi.io/erddap/tabledap/swfsc_ichthyo.html?&taxon_key=%22worms:1750630%22

Cephalopholis colonus

How big is itiEvery mark is a measured length with its own source — hover one to read it. The reference objects are _data/size_reference.csv: two of them, the 505 µm bongo mesh and the net's ring, are CalCOFI's own sampling gear.

Ways iniRead from taxa.json of release v2026.09.11, written at release by calcofi4db::build_taxa_catalog(). The catalog's index is /species/.

How big is it
i
Every mark is a measured length with its own source — hover one to read it. The reference objects are _data/size_reference.csv: two of them, the 505 µm bongo mesh and the net's ring, are CalCOFI's own sampling gear.

Ways in
i
Read from taxa.json of release v2026.09.11, written at release by calcofi4db::build_taxa_catalog(). The catalog's index is /species/.