Deep-Sea taxon details
Epinephelus hexagonatus (Forster, 1801)
218232 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:218232)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of ) Bloch, M.E.; Schneider, J.G. (1801). M.E. Blochii, Systema Ichthyologiae iconibus cx illustratum. Post obitum auctoris opus inchoatum absolvit, correxit, interpolavit Jo. <em>Gottlob Schneider, Saxo. Berolini. Sumtibus Auctoris Impressum et Bibliopolio Sanderiano Commissum.</em> Pp i-lx + 1-584, Pls. 1-110., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/5750#/summary
page(s): 323 [details]
page(s): 323 [details]
Description Common in exposed outer-reef areas in relatively shallow waters. Feeds mainly on fishes and crustaceans (stomatopods and...
Description Common in exposed outer-reef areas in relatively shallow waters. Feeds mainly on fishes and crustaceans (stomatopods and brachyuran crabs). [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Epinephelus hexagonatus (Forster, 1801). Accessed through: Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2025) World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS) at: https://marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=218232 on 2025-05-01
Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2025). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Epinephelus hexagonatus (Forster, 1801). Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=218232 on 2025-05-01
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(of ) Bloch, M.E.; Schneider, J.G. (1801). M.E. Blochii, Systema Ichthyologiae iconibus cx illustratum. Post obitum auctoris opus inchoatum absolvit, correxit, interpolavit Jo. <em>Gottlob Schneider, Saxo. Berolini. Sumtibus Auctoris Impressum et Bibliopolio Sanderiano Commissum.</em> Pp i-lx + 1-584, Pls. 1-110., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/5750#/summary
page(s): 323 [details]
context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
context source (HKRMS) Hong Kong marine fish database. <em>AFCD.</em> , available online at https://www.hk-fish.net/en/fish/introduction/ [details]
basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
ecology source Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details]
page(s): 323 [details]
context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
context source (HKRMS) Hong Kong marine fish database. <em>AFCD.</em> , available online at https://www.hk-fish.net/en/fish/introduction/ [details]
basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
ecology source Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Description Common in exposed outer-reef areas in relatively shallow waters. Feeds mainly on fishes and crustaceans (stomatopods and brachyuran crabs). [details]
To Barcode of Life (45 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (22 publications)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Epinephelus hexagonatus)
To FishBase
To FishBase images (Epinephelus hexagonatus, Guam, by Randall, J.E.)
To GenBank (110 nucleotides; 105 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Epinephelus hexagonatus USNM 400951 photograph lateral view)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Epinephelus hexagonatus USNM 408267 photograph lateral view)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (22 publications)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Epinephelus hexagonatus)
To FishBase
To FishBase images (Epinephelus hexagonatus, Guam, by Randall, J.E.)
To GenBank (110 nucleotides; 105 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Epinephelus hexagonatus USNM 400951 photograph lateral view)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Epinephelus hexagonatus USNM 408267 photograph lateral view)
To ITIS
