Darkfin hind
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An illustration based on the real animal.
A little discovery to share.
The darkfin hind has dark spots at the front of its lower lip.
THE REAL WORLD
The real Darkfin hind
- Scientific name
- Cephalopholis urodeta
- Japanese name
- ニジハタ
- Group
- Ocean animals
- Order
- Perciformes
- Family
- Serranidae
- Genus
- Cephalopholis
Where the name “Darkfin hind” comes from
Its genus name comes from Greek words meaning “head” and “scale”.
FishBaseIt lives from the Pacific coast south of Wakayama and the Izu and Ogasawara Islands to the Indian and Pacific Oceans.
How the Darkfin hind lives
It also lives in shallow rocky areas of the sea. It catches and eats small fish, crustaceans and molluscs. It lives alone rather than in a school.
粟国村FishBaseBasic data
- Range
- Pacific coast of southern Japan, Ryukyu Islands, Izu and Ogasawara islands, and Indo-Pacific
Where the Darkfin hind has been recorded
Records: GBIF.org (CC0 and CC BY 4.0 records, retrieved 2026-11-07). Map: Natural EarthSee the records on GBIF
Watch wild animals from a distance. Do not touch or feed them, and take care of the places where they live.
Names around the world
- 日本語
- ニジハタ
- 简体中文
- 尾纹九刺鲈
- 繁體中文
- 尾紋九刺鮨
- Español
- Cherna Alinegra
- Français
- Cuisinier
- Deutsch
- Feuer-Zackenbarsch
- Português (Brasil)
- Garoupa-cauda-de-bandeira
- Italiano
- Cernia coda a bandiera
Names come from Wikidata and iNaturalist records. Where a language has no recorded name, we use the scientific name.
Sources and how we check
- 鳥羽水族館 — ニジハタChecked: 2026-11-04
- 粟国村 — ニジハタ（にじはた）Checked: 2026-11-07
- Australian Museum — Flagtail Rockcod, Cephalopholis urodeta (Forster, 1801)Checked: 2026-11-07
- FishBase — Cephalopholis urodeta, Darkfin hindChecked: 2026-11-07
We check each fact against its source. The illustrations simplify how the real animal looks.
The classification (class, order, family, genus) follows Wikidata records, checked against GBIF. Classifications can change as research goes on.
The basic data are the values given in each source. They vary with how the animal is measured, whether it is male or female, and whether it lives in the wild or in captivity.
This page was translated from the original Japanese with the help of AI.
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