A NEW RECORD OF Cephalopholis igarashiensis KATAYAMA, 1957 (PERCIFORMES, SERRANIDAE) FROM INDONESIA

T. Peristiwady (Technical Implementation Unit for Marine Biota Conservation Indonesian Institute of Science)
M. F. Rahardjo (Department of Living Aquatic Resources Management, Faculty of Fisheries and Marine Science, Bogor Agricultural University)
C. P.H. Simanjuntak (Department of Living Aquatic Resources Management, Faculty of Fisheries and Marine Science, Bogor Agricultural University)

Jurnal Iktiologi Indonesia (Indonesian Journal of Ichthyology)
Vol 9 No 1 (2009): Juni 2009

Four specimens were collected at Winenet Fish Market, Bitung, North Sulawesi, Indonesia on March 5th, 2008 and October 11th, 2009. Other one specimen was collected at Batuputih Fish Market on October 17th, 2009. The fish was caught by hook and line at a depth about 50 m in Dua Island, North Sulawesi. Distribution of Cephalopholis igarashiensis at Pacific Ocean is found in southern Japan, Taiwan, Guam, Philippines, South China Sea, Samoa, and Tahiti in French Polynesia. Its morphological features and diagnostic characters are discussed and illustrated.