WoRMS taxon details
Epinephelus polyphekadion (Bleeker, 1849)
AphiaID: 218197
AphiaID: 218197
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Pisces (Superclass) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Perciformes (Order) > Serranidae (Family) > Epinephelinae (Subfamily) > Epinephelus (Genus) |
| Status | accepted | ||||||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | ||||||||||
| Rank | Species | ||||||||||
| Parent | Epinephelus Bloch, 1793 | ||||||||||
| Synonymised taxa |
Epinephelus goldmani (Bleeker, 1855) Epinephelus microdon (Bleeker, 1856) Epinephelus polyhekadion (Bleeker, 1849) (misspelling) Serranus dispar var. b Playfair, 1867 (synonym) Serranus goldmanni Bleeker, 1855 Serranus microdon Bleeker, 1856 Serranus polyphekadion Bleeker, 1849 | ||||||||||
| Sources |
basis of record: Anon. (1996). FishBase 96 [CD-ROM]. ICLARM: Los Baños, Philippines. 1 cd-rom pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] additional source: FishBase, version december 2007, available online at http://www.fishbase.org [details] additional source: FishBase, version may 2009 [details] additional source: FishBase, version october 2012 [details] from synonym: Randall, J.E. (1992). Red Sea Reef Fishes. Immel Publishing. [details] [view taxon] | ||||||||||
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| Environment | marine, | ||||||||||
| Distribution | Chagos [details] Djibouti [details] Madagascar [details] Mozambique [details] Red Sea [details] Seychelles [details] Somalia [details] Tanzania [details] | ||||||||||
| Links | To Barcode of Life (7 barcodes) To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications) To Encyclopedia of Life To FishBase To GenBank (14 nucleotides; 8 proteins) To IUCN Red List To IUCN Red List To ITIS | ||||||||||
| Note |
Description: Usually found in clear water on coral reefs, either lagoons or outer reefs. Most abundant at islands, particularly atolls. It occurs ar depths of 2 to over 46 m. Feeds mainly on crustaceans (portunid crabs) and fishes, sometimes on cephalopods and gastropods. Several of this species are ciguatoxic at Enewetak and Bikini in the Marshall Islands. Found usually in small schools, especially in the Tuamoto atolls. Also caught with harpoons and spearguns. [details] | ||||||||||
| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:218197 | ||||||||||
| Taxonomic Edit history |
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| Citation: Bailly, N. (2013). Epinephelus polyphekadion (Bleeker, 1849). In: Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2013) FishBase. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=218197 on 2013-05-22 | |||||||||||
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