WoRMS taxon details
Epinephelus morio (Valenciennes, 1828)
159354 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:159354)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Not documented
Distribution Western Atlantic: North Carolina, USA to southern Brazil, including the Gulf of Mexico, Caribbean, and Bermuda; strays occur...
Distribution Western Atlantic: North Carolina, USA to southern Brazil, including the Gulf of Mexico, Caribbean, and Bermuda; strays occur north to Massachusetts [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2021). FishBase. Epinephelus morio (Valenciennes, 1828). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=159354 on 2021-04-17
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basis of record
Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2019). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (12/2019)., available online at http://www.fishbase.org [details]
additional source McEachran, J. D. (2009). Fishes (Vertebrata: Pisces) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 1223–1316 in: Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. [details]
additional source McEachran, J. D. (2009). Fishes (Vertebrata: Pisces) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 1223–1316 in: Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From other sources
Diet Feeds on a wide variety of fishes and invertebrates [details]Distribution Western Atlantic: North Carolina, USA to southern Brazil, including the Gulf of Mexico, Caribbean, and Bermuda; strays occur north to Massachusetts [details]
Habitat nektonic [details]
Habitat Occurs mainly over rocky and muddy bottoms. Uncommon around coral reefs. Usually rests on the bottom. [details]
Importance Social- Commercial, fishery, gamefish and aquarium fish [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Dutch | rode zaagbaarsrode tandbaars | [details] |
| English | red grouper | [details] |
| French | mérou rouge | [details] |
| German | roter Grouper | [details] |
| Spanish | cherna americana | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (15 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (136 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (23 publications) (from synonym Serranus erythrogaster DeKay, 1842)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (29 publications) (from synonym Serranus morio Valenciennes, 1828)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Serranus remotus Poey, 1860)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications) (from synonym Serranus angustifrons Steindachner, 1864)
To European Nucleotide Archive (ENA)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Serranus angustifrons Steindachner, 1864)
To FishBase (from synonym Serranus erythrogaster DeKay, 1842)
To FishBase (from synonym Serranus morio Valenciennes, 1828)
To FishBase (from synonym Serranus remotus Poey, 1860)
To GenBank (50 nucleotides; 10 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Vulnerable)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (136 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (23 publications) (from synonym Serranus erythrogaster DeKay, 1842)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (29 publications) (from synonym Serranus morio Valenciennes, 1828)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Serranus remotus Poey, 1860)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications) (from synonym Serranus angustifrons Steindachner, 1864)
To European Nucleotide Archive (ENA)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Serranus angustifrons Steindachner, 1864)
To FishBase (from synonym Serranus erythrogaster DeKay, 1842)
To FishBase (from synonym Serranus morio Valenciennes, 1828)
To FishBase (from synonym Serranus remotus Poey, 1860)
To GenBank (50 nucleotides; 10 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Vulnerable)
To ITIS
