Species profile—Achoerodus viridis (Eastern blue groper)
Classification
Animalia (animals) → Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes) → Labridae (wrasses) → Achoerodus viridis (Eastern blue groper)
Sighting data
Species details
- Kingdom
- Animalia (animals)
- Class
- Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes)
- Family
- Labridae (wrasses)
- Scientific name
- Achoerodus viridis (Steindachner, 1866)
- Common name
- Eastern blue groper
- Type reference
- Steindachner, F. (1866). Über die Fische von Port Jackson in Australien. Anzeiger der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften. Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Klasse, Wien 3(7): 50-55 [52]
- WildNet taxon ID
- 34168
- Synonym(s)
- Trochocopus unicolor
Platychoerops badius
Heterochoerops viridis - Alternate name(s)
- blue groper
red groper
brown groper
giant pigfish
Eastern blue wrasse - Conservation significant
- No
- Endemicity
- Native
- Pest status
- Nil
- Species environment
- Marine
Other resources
Data source
This profile data is sourced from the QLD Wildlife Data API using the Get species by ID function used under CC-By 4.0.
https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species/?op=getspeciesbyid&taxonid=34168.
This information is sourced from the WildNet database managed by the Queensland Department of Environment and Science.
