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Epinephelus multinotatus (Peters, 1876) 
AphiaID: 218237

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 jayakari (Boulenger, 1889)
Epinephelus leprosus Smith, 1955
Epinephelus rankini Whitley, 1945
Serranus jayakari Boulenger, 1889
Serranus multinotatus Peters, 1876
Sources  basis of record: Anon. (1996). FishBase 96 [CD-ROM]. ICLARM: Los BaƱos, 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 white-blotched grouper  [details]
Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Distribution Cargados Carajos [details]
Chagos [details]
Comores [details]
Djibouti [details]
Kenya [details]
Madagascar [details]
Mauritius [details]
Mozambique [details]
Reunion [details]
Rodriguez [details]
Seychelles [details]
Somalia [details]
Tanzania [details]
Links To Barcode of Life (8 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications)
To Encyclopedia of Life
To FishBase
To GenBank (10 nucleotides; 8 proteins)
To IUCN Red List
To IUCN Red List
To ITIS
Note  Description: Juveniles found in inshore coral reefs, and adults are more common in deeper water. Feeds on small fishes and crabs. It has been suggested that juveniles mimic the herbivorous damselfish @Neopomacentrus sindensis@, presumably to get closer to their unsuspecting prey. [details]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:218237
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 multinotatus (Peters, 1876). 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=218237 on 2013-05-18
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