lunartail grouper
Variola louti (Forsskål, 1775)
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Variola louti
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Open encyclopedia reference
The yellow-edged lyretail (Variola louti) also known as the yellowedge coronation trout, fairy cod, lunar tail rock cod, lunartailed cod, lyre-tail cod or moontail seabass,, is a species of marine ray-finned fish, a grouper from the subfamily Epinephelinae which is part of the family Serranidae, which also includes the anthias and sea basses. It is found in the Indo-Pacific region and is more common than the congeneric white-edged lyretail.
Wikipedia contributors, Yellow-edged lyretail; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T06:42:04.120565+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Variola louti (Forsskål, 1775)
- Name authority
- (Forsskål, 1775)
- Common name
- lunartail grouper
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Teleostei
- Order
- Perciformes
- Family
- Epinephelidae
- Genus
- Variola
- Extinction status
- Not supplied by this source
Source habitat flags: Marine: yes · Freshwater: no · Terrestrial: no. These do not form a complete habitat description.
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- subphylumVertebrata
- infraphylumGnathostomata
- parvphylumOsteichthyes
- gigaclassActinopterygii
- superclassActinopteri
- classTeleostei
- orderPerciformes
- suborderPercoidei
- familyEpinephelidae Bleeker, 1874
- genusVariola Swainson, 1839
- speciesVariola louti (Forsskål, 1775)
Close classified relatives
No other member of this genus is present in the selected snapshot.
Names & synonyms
Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.
| Recorded name | Source status |
|---|---|
| Labrus punctulatus Lacepède, 1801 Lacepède, 1801 | synonym |
| Serranus flavimarginatus Rüppell, 1830 Rüppell, 1830 | synonym |
| Serranus louti (Forsskål, 1775) (Forsskål, 1775) | synonym |
| Serranus melanotaenia Bleeker, 1857 Bleeker, 1857 | synonym |
| Serranus phaenistomus Swainson, 1839 Swainson, 1839 | synonym |
| Serranus punctulatus (Lacepède, 1801) (Lacepède, 1801) | synonym |
| Perca louti Forsskål, 1775 Forsskål, 1775 | synonym |
| Variola punctulatus (Lacepède, 1801) (Lacepède, 1801) | synonym |
| Serranus cernipedis Miranda Ribeiro, 1913 Miranda Ribeiro, 1913 | synonym |
| Serranus longipinna Swainson, 1839 Swainson, 1839 | synonym |
| Serranus luti (Forsskål, 1775) (Forsskål, 1775) | synonym |
| Serranus roseus Valenciennes, 1828 Valenciennes, 1828 | synonym |
| Epinephelus louti (Forsskål, 1775) (Forsskål, 1775) | synonym |
| Variola melanotaenia (Bleeker, 1857) (Bleeker, 1857) | synonym |
| Variola longipinna (Swainson, 1839) (Swainson, 1839) | synonym |
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=218304 Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:7FHQ3. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.