WoRMS taxon details
Epinephelus melanostigma Schultz, 1953
218242 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:218242)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Schultz, L. P.; Herald, E. S.; Lachner, E. A.; Welander, A. D.; Woods, L. P. (1953). Fishes of the Marshall and Marianas islands. Vol. I. Families from Asymmetrontidae through Siganidae. <em>Bulletin of the United States National Museum.</em> No. 202, v. 1: i-xxxii + 1-685, Pls. 1-74. [details]
Description Found at depths of less than 7 m. However, it was reported to be taken in a trawl, thus presumably caught somewhat deeper...
Description Found at depths of less than 7 m. However, it was reported to be taken in a trawl, thus presumably caught somewhat deeper than 7 m. Also reported to occur in reefs at a depth of about 30 m (Ref. 5213). Because of its small size and apparent rarity, it is of little or no commercial importance. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Epinephelus melanostigma Schultz, 1953. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=218242 on 2025-06-18
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Nomenclature
original description
Schultz, L. P.; Herald, E. S.; Lachner, E. A.; Welander, A. D.; Woods, L. P. (1953). Fishes of the Marshall and Marianas islands. Vol. I. Families from Asymmetrontidae through Siganidae. <em>Bulletin of the United States National Museum.</em> No. 202, v. 1: i-xxxii + 1-685, Pls. 1-74. [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]
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]
Ecology
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] 
Other
context source (HKRMS)
ERM. (1998). Fisheries resources and fishing operations in Hong Kong waters. Final report. Submitted to Agriculture & Fisheries Department, The Hong Kong SAR Government. [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
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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
[request]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Description Found at depths of less than 7 m. However, it was reported to be taken in a trawl, thus presumably caught somewhat deeper than 7 m. Also reported to occur in reefs at a depth of about 30 m (Ref. 5213). Because of its small size and apparent rarity, it is of little or no commercial importance. [details]Remark In Schultz & collaborators, 1953. [details]
To Barcode of Life (25 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Epinephelus melanostigma)
To FishBase
To FishBase images (Epinephelus melanostigma, South Africa, by Randall, J.E.)
To GenBank (21 nucleotides; 15 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Epinephelus melanostigma FIN033843 Slide 120 mm)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Epinephelus melanostigma P10476 illustration)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Epinephelus melanostigma)
To FishBase
To FishBase images (Epinephelus melanostigma, South Africa, by Randall, J.E.)
To GenBank (21 nucleotides; 15 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Epinephelus melanostigma FIN033843 Slide 120 mm)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Epinephelus melanostigma P10476 illustration)
To ITIS
