WoRMS taxon details

Epinephelus polyphekadion (Bleeker, 1849)

218197  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:218197)

accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Serranus polyphekadion Bleeker, 1849) Bleeker, P. (1849). Bijdrage tot de kennis der Percoïden van den Malaijo-Molukschen Archipel, met beschrijving van 22 nieuwe soorten. <em>Verhandelingen van het Bataviaasch Genootschap van Kunsten en Wetenschappen.</em> v. 22 [13]: 1-64. [details]   
Description Usually found in clear water on coral reefs, either lagoons or outer reefs. Most abundant at islands, particularly atolls....  
Description Usually found in clear water on coral reefs, either lagoons or outer reefs. Most abundant at islands, particularly atolls. It occurs ar depths of 2 to over 46 m. Feeds mainly on crustaceans (portunid crabs) and fishes, sometimes on cephalopods and gastropods. Several of this species are ciguatoxic at Enewetak and Bikini in the Marshall Islands. Found usually in small schools, especially in the Tuamoto atolls. Also caught with harpoons and spearguns. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2024). FishBase. Epinephelus polyphekadion (Bleeker, 1849). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=218197 on 2024-04-18
Date
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1997-02-24 18:26:33Z
created
2008-01-15 17:27:08Z
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original description  (of Serranus goldmanni Bleeker, 1855) Bleeker, P. (1855). Bijdrage tot de kennis der ichthijologische fauna van het eiland Groot-Obij. <em>Natuurkundig Tijdschrift voor Nederlandsch Indië.</em> v. 9 (no. 3): 431-438. [details]   

original description  (of Serranus microdon Bleeker, 1856) Bleeker, P. (1856). Verslag omtrent eenige vischsoorten gevangen aan de Zuidkust van Malang in Oost-Java. <em>Natuurkundig Tijdschrift voor Nederlandsch Indië.</em> 11 (1): 81-92. [details]   

original description  (of Serranus polyphekadion Bleeker, 1849) Bleeker, P. (1849). Bijdrage tot de kennis der Percoïden van den Malaijo-Molukschen Archipel, met beschrijving van 22 nieuwe soorten. <em>Verhandelingen van het Bataviaasch Genootschap van Kunsten en Wetenschappen.</em> v. 22 [13]: 1-64. [details]   

context source (HKRMS) To, W. L. (2009). The biology, fishery of groupers (family: Serranidae) in Hong Kong and adjacent waters, and implications for management. PhD thesis. The University of Hong Kong. [details]   

basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2023). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (02/2023)., 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  PDF available [request] 

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]  OpenAccess publication 
 
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

From other sources
Description Usually found in clear water on coral reefs, either lagoons or outer reefs. Most abundant at islands, particularly atolls. It occurs ar depths of 2 to over 46 m. Feeds mainly on crustaceans (portunid crabs) and fishes, sometimes on cephalopods and gastropods. Several of this species are ciguatoxic at Enewetak and Bikini in the Marshall Islands. Found usually in small schools, especially in the Tuamoto atolls. Also caught with harpoons and spearguns. [details]
LanguageName 
English smalltooth grouper [from synonym]camouflage grouper  [details]
Japanese マダラハタ  [details]