Brackish, Marine
Epinephelus lanceolatus (Bloch, 1790)
🗒 Synonyms
synonym | Batrachus gigas Günther, 1869 |
synonym | Holocentrus lanceolatus Bloch, 1790 |
synonym | Oligorus goliath De Vis, 1882 |
synonym | Oligorus terrae-reginae Ramsay, 1880 |
synonym | Promicrops lanceolatus (Bloch, 1790) |
synonym | Serranus abdominalis Peters, 1855 |
synonym | Serranus geographicus Valenciennes, 1828 |
synonym | Serranus lanceolatus (Bloch, 1790) |
synonym | Serranus phaeostigmaeus Fowler, 1907 |
synonym | Stereolepoides thompsoni Fowler, 1923 |
🗒 Common Names
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📚 Overview
Brief
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2013. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication.; http://www.fishbase.org/Country/CountrySpeciesSummary.php?c_code=356&id=6468, version (12/2013).
Attributions | Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2013. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication.; http://www.fishbase.org/Country/CountrySpeciesSummary.php?c_code=356&id=6468, version (12/2013). |
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Status | UNDER_CREATION |
Licenses | CC_BY_NC |
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Diagnostic Keys
Dorsal spines (total): 11; Dorsal soft rays (total): 14 - 16; Anal spines: 3; Anal soft rays: 8
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2013. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication.; http://www.fishbase.org/Country/CountrySpeciesSummary.php?c_code=356&id=6468, version (12/2013).
Attributions | Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2013. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication.; http://www.fishbase.org/Country/CountrySpeciesSummary.php?c_code=356&id=6468, version (12/2013). |
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Status | UNDER_CREATION |
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Description
Dorsal fin spines of large individuals increase in size from front to back. It is the largest of all coral reef dwelling bony fishes .
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2013. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication.; http://www.fishbase.org/Country/CountrySpeciesSummary.php?c_code=356&id=6468, version (12/2013).
Attributions | Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2013. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication.; http://www.fishbase.org/Country/CountrySpeciesSummary.php?c_code=356&id=6468, version (12/2013). |
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Status | UNDER_CREATION |
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📚 Nomenclature and Classification
📚 Natural History
Size
Max Length
270 TL (unsexed)
Size
270 cm TL (male/unsexed; ); max. published weight: 400.0 kg
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2013. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication.; http://www.fishbase.org/Country/CountrySpeciesSummary.php?c_code=356&id=6468, version (12/2013).
Attributions | Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2013. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication.; http://www.fishbase.org/Country/CountrySpeciesSummary.php?c_code=356&id=6468, version (12/2013). |
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Status | UNDER_CREATION |
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Trophic Strategy
Occuring on coral reefs . The largest bony fish found in coral reefs . Common in shallow waters. Found in caves or wrecks; also in estuaries. Individuals more than a meter long have been caught from shore and in harbors. Juveniles secretive in reefs and rarely seen . Feeds on spiny lobsters, fishes, including small sharks and batoids, and juvenile sea turtles and crustaceans. In South African estuaries, the main prey item is the mud crab, Scylla serrata.
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2013. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication.; http://www.fishbase.org/Country/CountrySpeciesSummary.php?c_code=356&id=6468, version (12/2013).
Attributions | Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2013. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication.; http://www.fishbase.org/Country/CountrySpeciesSummary.php?c_code=356&id=6468, version (12/2013). |
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Status | UNDER_CREATION |
Licenses | CC_BY_NC |
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Diseases
Threats Vulnerable (VU) (A2d), IUCN Grouper and Wrasse Specialist Group IUCN 2006 2006 IUCN red list of threatened species. www.iucnredlist.org. Downloaded July 2006. ;
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2013. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication.; http://www.fishbase.org/Country/CountrySpeciesSummary.php?c_code=356&id=6468, version (12/2013).
Attributions | Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2013. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication.; http://www.fishbase.org/Country/CountrySpeciesSummary.php?c_code=356&id=6468, version (12/2013). |
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Status | UNDER_CREATION |
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📚 Habitat and Distribution
General Habitat
Habitat
Marine
Habitat reef-associated; brackish; marine; depth range 4 - 100 m , usually ? - 50 m
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2013. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication.; http://www.fishbase.org/Country/CountrySpeciesSummary.php?c_code=356&id=6468, version (12/2013).
Attributions | Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2013. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication.; http://www.fishbase.org/Country/CountrySpeciesSummary.php?c_code=356&id=6468, version (12/2013). |
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Status | UNDER_CREATION |
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Description
Remark
Found in southern coast near Chennai
Occurrence
native
Distribution
Indo-Pacific: Red Sea to Algoa Bay, South Africa and eastward to the Hawaiian and Pitcairn islands, north to southern Japan, south to Australia. Absence in the Persian Gulf is puzzling.
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2013. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication.; http://www.fishbase.org/Country/CountrySpeciesSummary.php?c_code=356&id=6468, version (12/2013).
Attributions | Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2013. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication.; http://www.fishbase.org/Country/CountrySpeciesSummary.php?c_code=356&id=6468, version (12/2013). |
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Status | UNDER_CREATION |
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📚 Occurrence
No Data
📚 Demography and Conservation
📚 Uses and Management
Uses
fisheries: subsistence fisheries; aquaculture: commercial; gamefish: yes; aquarium: commercial
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2013. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication.; http://www.fishbase.org/Country/CountrySpeciesSummary.php?c_code=356&id=6468, version (12/2013).
Attributions | Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2013. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication.; http://www.fishbase.org/Country/CountrySpeciesSummary.php?c_code=356&id=6468, version (12/2013). |
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Status | UNDER_CREATION |
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📚 Information Listing
References
Overview > Diagnostic > Diagnostic Keys
- Heemstra, P.C. and J.E. Randall 1993 FAO species catalogue. Vol. 16. Groupers of the world (family Serranidae, subfamily Epinephelinae). An annotated and illustrated catalogue of the grouper, rockcod, hind, coral grouper and lyretail species known to date. FAO Fish. Synop. 125(16):382 p.
Overview > Diagnostic > Description
- Heemstra, P.C. and J.E. Randall 1993 FAO species catalogue. Vol. 16. Groupers of the world (family Serranidae, subfamily Epinephelinae). An annotated and illustrated catalogue of the grouper, rockcod, hind, coral grouper and lyretail species known to date. FAO Fish. Synop. 125(16):382 p.
Natural History > Size
- Fischer, W., I. Sousa, C. Silva, A. de Freitas, J.M. Poutiers, W. Schneider, T.C. Borges, J.P. Feral and A. Massinga 1990 Fichas FAO de identificaçao de especies para actividades de pesca. Guia de campo das especies comerciais marinhas e de aguas salobras de Moçambique. Publicaçao preparada em collaboraçao com o Instituto de Investigaçao Pesquiera de Moçambique, com financiamento do Projecto PNUD/FAO MOZ/86/030 e de NORAD. Roma, FAO. 1990. 424 p. Foale, S. 1998 What"s in a name? An analysis of the West Nggela (Solomon Islands) fish taxonomy. SPC Traditional Marine Resource Management and Knowledge Information Bulletin 9:3-19.
Natural History > Trophic Strategy
- Thollot, P. 1996 Les poissons de mangrove du lagon sud-ouest de Nouvelle-Caledonie. ORSTOM Éditions, Paris.
Habitat and Distribution > General Habitat
- Lieske, E. and R. Myers 1994 Collins Pocket Guide. Coral reef fishes. Indo-Pacific & Caribbean including the Red Sea. Haper Collins Publishers, 400 p. Myers, R.F. 1999 Micronesian reef fishes: a comprehensive guide to the coral reef fishes of Micronesia, 3rd revised and expanded edition. Coral Graphics, Barrigada, Guam. 330 p.
Habitat and Distribution > Distribution > Description
- Heemstra, P.C. and J.E. Randall 1993 FAO species catalogue. Vol. 16. Groupers of the world (family Serranidae, subfamily Epinephelinae). An annotated and illustrated catalogue of the grouper, rockcod, hind, coral grouper and lyretail species known to date. FAO Fish. Synop. 125(16):382 p.
Uses and Management > Uses
- Coppola, S.R., W. Fischer, L. Garibaldi, N. Scialabba and K.E. Carpenter 1994 SPECIESDAB: Global species database for fishery purposes. User"s manual. FAO Computerized Information Series (Fisheries). No. 9. Rome, FAO. 103 p. Liao, C.-I., H.-M. Su and E.Y. Chang 2001 Techniques in finfish larviculture in Taiwan. Aquaculture 200(2001):1-31. Masuda, H. and G.R. Allen 1993 Meeresfische der Welt - Groß-Indopazifische Region. Tetra Verlag, Herrenteich, Melle. 528 p. Jonklaas, R. 1975 Collecting marine tropicals. T.F.H. Publications, Neptune City, USA. 224 p.
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🐾 Taxonomy
Root | Root |
Kingdom | Animalia |
Phylum | Chordata |
Class | Actinopterygii |
Order | Perciformes |
Family | Serranidae |
Genus | Epinephelus |
Species | Epinephelus lanceolatus (Bloch 1790) |
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