Names
| English name | Coney |
| Alternative English name | Butterfish |
| Alternative English name | Red Butterfish |
| Papiamento name | Poeroentsjie pretoe |
| Alternative Papiamento name | Purunchi pretu (Aruba, Bonaire, Curaçao) |
| Alternative Papiamento name | Purunchi (Aruba, Bonaire, Curaçao) |
| Alternative Papiamento name | Purunchi barica blancu |
| Alternative Papiamento name | Purunchi barika blanku (Aruba, Bonaire, Curaçao) |
| Alternative Papiamento name | Rei di punchi (Bonaire) |
| Valid name | Cephalopholis fulva (Linnaeus, 1758) |
| Synonym | Epinephelus (Bodianus) punctatus (Linnaeus, 1758) |
| Synonym | Epinephelus punctatus (Linnaeus, 1758) |
| Synonym sensu lato | Epinephelus fulvus (Linnaeus, 1758) |
| Misspelled name | Cephalopholis fulvus (Linnaeus, 1758) |
Classification
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Animalia [kingdom]
Animals
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Chordata [phylum]
Chordates
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Actinopterygii [class]
Ray-finned Fishes
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Perciformes [order]
Perch-likes
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Serranidae [family]
Sea Basses: Groupers and Fairy Basslets
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Cephalopholis Bloch & Schneider, 1801 [genus]
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Cephalopholis fulva (Linnaeus, 1758) [species]
Coney
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Cephalopholis fulva (Linnaeus, 1758) [species]
Coney
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Cephalopholis Bloch & Schneider, 1801 [genus]
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Serranidae [family]
Sea Basses: Groupers and Fairy Basslets
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Perciformes [order]
Perch-likes
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Actinopterygii [class]
Ray-finned Fishes
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Chordata [phylum]
Chordates