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Epinephelus merra Bloch, 1793 
AphiaID: 218228

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		  Cephalopholis merra (Bloch, 1793)
 Ephinephelus merra Bloch, 1793 (misspelling)
 Epinephalus merra Bloch, 1793 (misspelling)
 Serranus merra (Bloch, 1793)
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]

Vernacular
Names		 
Language   Name 
English honeycomb grouper  [details]
Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Distribution Cargados Carajos [details]
Chagos [details]
Comores [details]
Kenya [details]
Madagascar [details]
Mauritius [details]
Mozambique [details]
Reunion [details]
Rodriguez [details]
Seychelles [details]
South Africa (country) [details]
Tanzania [details]
Host of  Anaclavella sillaginoides Heegaard, 1940 (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
Caligus epinepheli Yamaguti, 1936 (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
Clavellodes pterobrachiata Kabata, 1968 (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
Thysanote gymnobrachiata Kabata, 1968 (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
Thysanote fimbriata (Heller, 1865) (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
Links To Barcode of Life (30 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (83 publications)
To Encyclopedia of Life
To FishBase
To GenBank (219 nucleotides; 134 proteins)
To IUCN Red List
To IUCN Red List
To ITIS
Note  Description: Cultured under experimental conditions in the Philippines (Ref. 4757). Inhabits shallow lagoon and semi-protected seaward reefs. Common at depths less than 20 m, but occasionally found as deep as 50 m. Juveniles are common in thickets of staghorn @Acropora@ corals. Feeds on crustaceans and fishes. Increase of piscivory with age is observed in this species.  [details]
Image 
Epinephelus merra
Epinephelus merra
added on 2009-02-13 - author: Collection Georges Declercq
qualitystatus: not checked
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:218228
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
Date   action   by
1997-02-24 18:26:33Z  created  Vanden Berghe, Edward
2008-01-15 17:27:08Z  changed  Bailly, Nicolas
  
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  Citation: Bailly, N. (2013). Epinephelus merra Bloch, 1793. 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=218228 on 2013-05-24
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