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Epinephelus megachir (Richardson, 1846) 
AphiaID: 218243

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Pisces (Superclass) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Perciformes (Order) > Serranidae (Family) > Epinephelinae (Subfamily) > Epinephelus (Genus)
Status unaccepted unaccepted
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Accepted name  Epinephelus quoyanus (Valenciennes, 1830)
Rank Species
Parent Epinephelus Bloch, 1793
Sources  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]

source of synonymy: Anon. (1996). FishBase 96 [CD-ROM]. ICLARM: Los Baños, Philippines. 1 cd-rom pp. (look up in IMIS[details]

Environment marine, brackish, fresh
Distribution Mozambique [details]
Seychelles [details]
Host of  Lepeophtheirus plectropomi Nuñes-Ruivo, 1956 (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
Links To Barcode of Life
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (21 publications)
To FishBase
Note  synonymy: Junior Synonym [details]
Image 
Epinephelus megachir
Epinephelus megachir
added on 2009-02-13 - author: Collection Georges Declercq
qualitystatus: not checked
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:218243
Taxonomic
Edit history
 
Date   action   by
1997-06-07 07:51:36Z  created  Vanden Berghe, Edward
2008-02-28 13:41:07Z  changed  Bailly, Nicolas
  
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  Citation: Bailly, N. (2013). Epinephelus megachir (Richardson, 1846). 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=218243 on 2013-06-20
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