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Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorEpinephelus marginatus (Lowe, 1834) 
AphiaID: 127036

Classification: Biota > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorAnimalia (Kingdom) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorChordata (Phylum) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorVertebrata (Subphylum) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorGnathostomata (Superclass) > Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorPisces (Superclass) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorActinopterygii (Class) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorPerciformes (Order) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorPercoidei (Suborder) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorSerranidae (Family) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorEpinephelinae (Subfamily) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorEpinephelus (Genus) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorEpinephelus marginatus (Species)
Status accepted
Rank Species
Parent Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorEpinephelus Bloch, 1793
Orig. name Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorSerranus marginatus Lowe, 1834
Synonymised
names		  Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorCerna gigas (Brünnich, 1768)
 Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorCernua gigas Costa, 1849
 Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorEpinephelus brachysoma Cope, 1871
 Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorEpinephelus gigas (Brünnich, 1768)
 Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorHolocentrus gigas (Brünnich, 1768)
 Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorMycteroperca marginata (Lowe, 1834)
 Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorPerca gigas Brünnich, 1768
 Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorSerranus aspersus Jenyns, 1840 (synonym)
 Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorSerranus cernioides de Brito Capello, 1867
 Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorSerranus fimbriatus Lowe, 1838
 Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorSerranus gigas (Brünnich, 1768)
 Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorSerranus marginatus Lowe, 1834
Sources  basis of record van der Land, J.; Costello, M.J.; Zavodnik, D.; Santos, R.S.; Porteiro, F.M.; Bailly, N.; Eschmeyer, W.N.; Froese, R. (2001). Pisces, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 357-374 (look up in IMIS) [details]

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Vernacular
Names		 
Language   Name 
Catalan Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorneroUnreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editoranfós  [details]
Corsican Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorlucerna  [details]
Dutch Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editortandbaarsUnreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorgeelpensUnreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorbruine tandbaars  [details]
English Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editordusky perchChecked: verified by a taxonomic editordusky grouper  [details]
French Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editormérou sombreUnreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editormérou noir  [details]
German Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorRiesen-ZackenbarschUnreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorbrauner Zackenbarsch  [details]
Hebrew Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorדקר הסלעים  [details]
Italian Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorcernia bruna  [details]
Modern Greek (1453-) Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorΡοφός  [details]
Polish Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorgranik wielki  [details]
Portuguese Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorpiracucaUnreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editormeroUnreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorgaroupa-verdadeira  [details]
Russian Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorтемный груперUnreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorгигантский мероуUnreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorбурый групер  [details]
Slovenian Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorkirnja  [details]
Spanish Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editormero nebulosoUnreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editormero morenoUnreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editormeroUnreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorgaropaUnreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorchernia marrón  [details]
Swedish Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorbrun havsabborre  [details]
Turkish Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editororfoz  [details]
Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Distribution 
From other sources
Kenya
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorKenyan Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Madagascar
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorMadagascar [details]
Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorGreek Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorIsraeli part of the Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin [details]
Mozambique
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorMozambique [details]
North Atlantic Ocean
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorAzores [details]
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorAzores Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorEuropean waters (ERMS scope) [details]
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorPortuguese Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
South Africa
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorSouth Africa (country) [details]
Spain
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorSpanish Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Host of  Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorAscaris macrolabium Stossich, 1897 [via synonym] (parasitic: endoparasitic)
Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorCycloplectanum riouxi Oliver, 1986 [via synonym] (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorEchinoplectanum echinophallus (Euzet & Oliver, 1965) Justine & Euzet, 2006 [via synonym] (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorHatschekia epinepheli Capart, 1959 (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorPhilometra jordanoi (López-Neyra, 1951) (parasitic: endoparasitic)
Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorPseudorhabdosynochus beverleyburtonae (Oliver, 1984) Kritsky & Beverley-Burton, 1986 [via synonym] (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorPseudorhabdosynochus oliveri Chaabane, Neifar, Gey & Justine, 2016 [via synonym] (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorPseudorhabdosynochus riouxi (Oliver, 1986) Santos, Buchmann & Gibson, 2000 (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorSanguinofilaria jordanoi López-Neyra, 1951 [via synonym] (parasitic: endoparasitic)
Links Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorTo Barcode of Life (42 barcodes) 
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorTo Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) 
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorTo Encyclopedia of Life 
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorTo FishBase 
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorTo GenBank (71 nucleotides; 48 proteins) 
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorTo Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI) 
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorTo IUCN Red List 
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorTo IUCN Red List 
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorTo IUCN Red List 
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorTo PESI 
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorTo ITIS
Note 
From other sources
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorDescription Prefers rocky bottoms. Occurs in shallow water out to depths of 50 m, and is readily taken by anglers. Feeds on crabs and octopus; larger individuals feed on a greater proportion of fishes, the majority of which are reef-associated species (Ref. 6842). [details]
ImageChecked: verified by a taxonomic editor 
Dusky grouper - Epinephelus marginatus (Lowe, 1834)
Dusky grouper - Epinep...

Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editor[show all]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:127036
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
Date   action   by
2004-12-21 15:54:05Z  created  van der Land, Jacob
2008-01-15 17:27:08Z  changed  Bailly, Nicolas
  
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  Citation: Bailly, N. (2008). Epinephelus marginatus (Lowe, 1834). In: Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2017). FishBase. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=127036 on 2017-07-14
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